Значення

значень: 6
  1. (незлічуване)A once-popular game of cards played by three people.

    бреланbrelan

  2. (злічуване)Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.

  3. A jest or scoff; trick or deception.

    насме́шкаnasméška, уда́чаudáča

  4. An enticing glance or look.

  5. (розмовне)A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.

  6. (сленг)A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.

Русский
За значеннями 3
game of cards for three people:
jest or scoff:
good fortune:

Походження

From Middle French glic, from Old French glic (“a game of cards”), of Germanic origin from

From Middle French glic, from Old French glic (“a game of cards”), of Germanic origin from or related to Middle High German glücke, gelücke (“luck”) and Middle Dutch gelīc (“like, alike”). More at luck, like.

Related to Etymology 1. Of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *gleikr, leikr (“sport, play, game”), from Proto-Germanic *galaikaz (“jump, play”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-. Cognate with Old English ġelācan (“to play a trick on, delude”), Scots glaik (“a glance of the eye, deception, trick”, n.), Scots glaik (“to trick, trifle with”, v.). More at lake.

Blend of glee + geek.

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Форми

множина: gleeks
Однинаgleek
Множинаgleeks

правильне

Синоніми

синонімів: 4

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
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