glas

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡlaːz]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡlæːz]

Adjective

glas

1. blue
2. green (of living things)
3. grey

Mutation

Noun

glas

1. Alternative form of glaz

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German glas.

Noun

glas n (singular definite glasset, plural indefinite glas)

1. (uncountable) glass (substance)
2. glass (drinking vessel)
3. (nautical) bells, a mark given by the bells of a ship every half hour to mark the passing of time during a four-hour watch. There were eight bells per watch and then the counting started from the beginning.

Etymology

From Old Dutch glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Compare Low German Glas, German Glas, English glass, West Frisian glês, Icelandic gler.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑs

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• IPA^(key): /ɣlɑs/, /xlɑs/

Noun

glas n (plural glazen, diminutive glaasje n)

1. (uncountable) glass (material)

   Vensters zijn gemaakt van glas.

   Windows are made of glass.

2. (countable) glass (vessel)

   Staan er al glazen op tafel?

   Are there glasses on the table yet?

3. (countable) glass (quantity)

   Drink even een glas water.

   Drink a glass of water.

Anagrams

• slag

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German glas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛaːs/

Noun

glas n (genitive singular glas, plural gløs)

1. glass (material)
2. glass (beverage container)
3. glass (quantity)
4. little bottle

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *classum, from Latin classicum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɑ/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

glas m (plural glas)

1. (funeral) bell
2. (figuratively) death knell (omen)

Further reading

• “glas” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

glas n (genitive singular glass, nominative plural glös)

1. glass (beverage container)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlˠasˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glas (“clasp, lock”).

See also

Mutation

Further reading

• "glas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “glas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “glas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Noun

glas f

1. glass (substance)

Etymology

From Old Dutch glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣlas/

Noun

glas n

1. glass (substance)

Further reading

• “glas”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “glas”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Etymology

From Old English glæs.

Noun

glas

1. glass (substance)
   • 14th century, Chaucer, General Prologue

     hir eyen greye as glas

     her eyes [were] as gray as glass

Etymology

From Middle Low German glas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɑːs/

Noun

glas n (definite singular glaset, indefinite plural glas, definite plural glasa)

1. glass (hard and transparent material)
2. glass (drink container made of glass)
3. window

See also

• glass (Bokmål)

References

• “glas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlas/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Etymology 2

Mutation

Further reading

• “1 glas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 glas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Compare Old English glæs, Old Dutch glas, Old Frisian gles, Old High German glas, clas, Old Norse gler.

Noun

glas n

1. glass

Etymology

From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *golsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlas/
• Rhymes: -as

Noun

glas n (plural glasuri)

1. voice
2. vote

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klas/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glas (“clasp, lock”).

See also

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *golsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaːs/

Noun

glȃs m (Cyrillic spelling гла̑с)

1. voice
2. vote
3. (expressively) news
4. (linguistics) phone

References

• “glas” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *golsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡláːs/
• Tonal orthography: glȃs

Noun

glás m inan (genitive glasú or glása, nominative plural glasôvi or glási)

1. voice

Adjective

glas (invariable)

1. Only used in azúcar glas

Etymology

From Old Swedish glas, from Middle Low German glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

glas n

1. glass (material)
2. glass (vessel)

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.

Etymology

From English glass.

Noun

glas

1. glass (as in glass of water)

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlaːs/

Adjective

glas (feminine singular glas, plural gleision, equative glased, comparative glasach, superlative glasaf)

1. blue
2. inexperienced
   • 2001, Menna Elfyn, "Er cof am Kelly":

     Panig wedi'r poen. / "My God its only a little girl" / Meddai'r glas filwr.

Mutation

See also