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6-letter words (1 found)

GLORIA,

5-letter words (11 found)

ALGOR,ARGIL,ARGOL,GLAIR,GORAL,GRAIL,LARGO,LOGIA,ORGIA,RIGOL,ROLAG,

4-letter words (23 found)

AGIO,AGRO,ARIL,GAIR,GAOL,GARI,GILA,GIRL,GIRO,GLIA,GOAL,GORA,GORI,LAIR,LARI,LIAR,LIRA,LOIR,ORAL,RAGI,RAIL,RIAL,ROIL,

3-letter words (21 found)

AGO,AIL,AIR,GAL,GAR,GIO,GOA,GOR,LAG,LAR,LIG,LOG,LOR,OAR,OIL,ORA,ORG,RAG,RAI,RIA,RIG,

2-letter words (12 found)

AG,AI,AL,AR,GI,GO,IO,LA,LI,LO,OI,OR,

You can make 68 words from gloria according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gloria

gloria

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gloria. Doublet of glory.

Noun

gloria (countable and uncountable, plural glorias)

  1. A lightweight fabric used for umbrellas and dresses.
  2. (religion, countable) A doxology.

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin gloria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡloriɑ/, [ˈɡlo̞riɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -oriɑ
  • Syllabification(key): glo‧ri‧a

Noun

gloria

  1. glory (optical phenomenon)

Declension

Further reading

  • “gloria”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glōria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔ.rja/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrja
  • Hyphenation: glò‧ria

Noun

gloria f (plural glorie)

  1. glory
  2. praise

Related terms

Anagrams

  • algori, giralo, graoli, raglio, ragliò, riloga

Ladin

Noun

gloria f (plural glories)

  1. glory

Latin

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Possibly for Proto-Italic *gnōrjā, through *gnoris (“knowledge”) (compare Ancient Greek γνώριμος (gnṓrimos, “well-known, familiar”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know, recognize”). For the dissimilation compare grōma from Ancient Greek γνῶμα (gnôma). Cognate with gnāvus, gnārus, ignōrō (with no dissimilation), nārrō, and also nōscō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡloː.ri.a/, [ˈɡɫ̪oːriä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡlo.ri.a/, [ˈɡlɔːriä]

Noun

glōria f (genitive glōriae); first declension

  1. glory, renown, fame, honor

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • sic transit gloria mundi

Related terms

Descendants

References

  • “gloria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “gloria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gloria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • gloria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[10], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • gloria in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[11], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 265f
  • Kölligan, Daniel (2015) “Lat. glōria und der „glänzende Ruhm“ im Indogermanischen”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics (in German), volume 128, →DOI, pages 72–88

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • glorien

Noun

gloria m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of glorie

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glōria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡloɾja/

Noun

gloria f (plural glorias)

  1. glory

Related terms

  • gloriar

Descendants

  • Spanish: gloria

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glōria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔ.rja/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrja
  • Syllabification: glo‧ria
  • Homophone: Gloria

Noun

gloria f

  1. glory (honour, admiration, or distinction)
    Synonyms: aureola, chwała, nimb, sława, splendor
  2. (art, Christianity) aureole, glory, halo, nimbus (luminous disc around the heads of saints in sacred art)
    Synonyms: aureola, nimb, nimbus
  3. (optics) glory (optical phenomenon)
  4. (literary, military) glory (war victory)

Declension

Further reading

  • gloria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gloria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

gloria f (plural glorias)

  1. Obsolete spelling of glória

Etymology 2

Verb

gloria

  1. inflection of gloriar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish gloria, borrowed from Latin glōria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡloɾja/ [ˈɡlo.ɾja]
  • Rhymes: -oɾja
  • Syllabification: glo‧ria

Noun

gloria f (plural glorias)

  1. glory

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “gloria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

  • gorila, girola, gíralo

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin gloria

Noun

gloria c

  1. a halo (on a saint)
    Synonyms: helgonskimmer, strålkrans

Declension

Related terms

References

  • gloria in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

  • roliga

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