gloss
A surface shine or lusterA surface shine or luster.
» I can't find my lip gloss.
Ich kann meinen Lipgloss nicht finden.
Я не могу найти свой блеск для губ.
Meaning
8 senses(uncountable, usually)A surface shine or luster.
Glanz, Schimmer, Glitzern
блескblesk, гля́нецgljánec
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.
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Fassade, Schönfärberei, Politur
блескblesk, лоскlosk
(countable)A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.
Glosse, Glossem, Erläuterung
гло́ссаglóssa
глосаhlosa
(countable)Synonym of glossary, a collection of such notes.
(countable)An extensive commentary on some text.
Erläuterung
(US, countable)An interpretation by a court of a specific point within a statute or case law.
A definition or explanation of a word sense.
an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
(countable, obsolete)An expression requiring such explanatory treatment.
Examples
15 sentencesI can't find my lip gloss.
ruЯ не могу найти свой блеск для губ. — marafon
deIch kann meinen Lipgloss nicht finden. — Yorwba
Can you please gloss this sentence?
deKannst du diesen Satz bitte glossieren? — Vortarulo
The president glossed over these divisive issues.
Rima applied lip gloss on her lips.
There's no point glossing over the facts.
deEs bringt nichts, die Tatsachen zu beschönigen. — PeterR
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
By meaning 3
Origin
Probably from a North Germanic language, compare Icelandic glossi (“spark, flame”), glossaProbably from a North Germanic language, compare Icelandic glossi (“spark, flame”), glossa (“to flame”); or perhaps from dialectal Dutch gloos (“a glow, flare”), related to West Frisian gloeze (“a glow”), Middle Low German glȫsen (“to smoulder, glow”), German glosen (“to smoulder”); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *glus- (“to glow, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to flourish; be green or yellow”). More at glow.
From Middle English glosse, alteration of glose, from Old French glose, from Late Latin glōssa (“obsolete or foreign word requiring explanation”), from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “language”). Doublet of glossa and gloze.
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Forms
plural: glosses| Singular | gloss |
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uncountable
Synonyms
21 synonyms- an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text:rubric
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading:semblancecolorcolour
- the property of being smooth and shiny:polishglossinessburnish
- an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field:glossary
Word family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable