Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Glaas

Noun

Glas n ‎(plural Gleser, diminutive Glesli)

1. glass (material)
2. glass (drinking vessel)
3. pane of glass

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlaːs/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ɡlas/ (variant in Low German areas; but inflected forms always with a long vowel)
• Rhymes: -aːs, -as

Noun

Glas n ‎(genitive Glases, plural Gläser or Glas, diminutive Gläschen n or Gläslein n)

1. (material) glass
2. (container) glass
   • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 36:

     Ein frisch gefülltes Glas Champagner stand vor ihm. Er trank es in einem Zug aus – mit Lust, fast mit Begier.

     A freshly filled glass of champaign was in front of him. He emptied it in one draught – with pleasure, almost with greed.

3. (container) jar (made of glass)
   • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 31:

     So wurden im Garten noch die letzten Stachelbeeren und Himbeeren, wurden schon frühe Pflaumen und Pfirsiche gepflückt; in der Küche weckte Mamsell das viele Obst und Gemüse in unzähligen Gläsern ein; […]

     So even the last gooseberries and raspberries and already early plums and peaches were plucked in the garden; in the kitchen the housekeeper canned all this large amount of fruits and vegetables in countless jars; […]

4. (amount of liquid) glass

Usage notes

• The normal plural is Gläser.
• The unchanged plural Glas can be used, alternatively, after numerals when referring to a quantity of drinks someone has drunk (or served, etc.): Mein Vater trinkt jeden Abend fünf Glas Bier. – “My father has five glasses of beer every night.”

Declension

Derived terms

• Trinkglas
• Wasserglas
• Bierglas
• Kristallglas
• Rauchglas
• Milchglas
• Fensterglas
• Türglas
• Glasnudel
• Glasware
• Glaskrug
• Glasflasche
• Glasblasen
• Glasbläser
• Glaserei

Noun

Glas n ‎(genitive Glases, plural Glasen)

1. (nautical) time stamp for half an hour

Declension

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Cognate with German Glas, Dutch glas, English glass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlaːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

Glas n ‎(plural Glieser)

1. (uncountable) glass (material)
2. glass (drinking vessel)
3. (plural Glas) glass (amount of liquid)
4. jar (made of glass)

Cornish

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

Synonyms

• blou

Dalmatian

Noun

glas

1. Alternative form of glaz

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle Low German glas.

Noun

glas n (singular definite glasset, plural indefinite glas)

1. (uncountable) glass (substance)
2. glass (drinking vessel)

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑs
• IPA^(key): /ɣlɑs/, /xlɑs/

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.

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.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• slag

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowing 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

Declension

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *classum, from Latin classicum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɑ/

Noun

glas m ‎(plural glas)

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

glas n ‎(genitive singular glass, nominative plural glös)

1. glass (beverage container)

Declension

Derived terms

• andaglas
• stundaglas
• tilraunaglas
• vatnsglas

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlˠasˠ/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

glas ‎(genitive singular masculine glais, genitive singular feminine glaise, plural glasa, comparative glaise)

1. green (of grass, trees, etc.)
2. grey (of sheep, horses, cloth, wool, etc.; of eyes)
3. (politics) green
4. (figuratively) inexperienced

Declension

Derived terms

• glasraí
• scothghlas

See also

• uaine

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glas ‎(“clasp, lock”).

Noun

glas m ‎(genitive singular glais, nominative plural glais)

1. lock

Declension

Mutation

Kurdish

glas

Noun

glas f

1. glass (substance)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣlas/

Noun

glas n

1. glass (substance)

Descendants

• Dutch: glas

Middle English

Noun

glas

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

     hir eyen greye as glas

     her eyes [were] as gray as glass

Descendants

• English: glass

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlas/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Adjective

glas

1. green, greenish (especially of growing things, grass, trees, etc.)
2. blue, green-blue, grey-blue
3. the colour of the blue dye extracted from woad
4. metallic in colour
5. the colour of frost or ice
6. shades of grey
7. wan (of complexion)
8. bluish, livid, discolored
9. faded (of clothing)

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: glas
• Manx: glass
• Scottish Gaelic: glas

Etymology 2

Noun

glas m, f

1. lock, fetter, clasp, bolt
2. winding up, conclusion

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: glas
• Manx: glass
• Scottish Gaelic: glas

Mutation

Old Saxon

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

Descendants

• Middle Low German: glas
  • Danish: glas
  • Faroese: glas
  • Low German: Glas
  • Norwegian: glas
  • Swedish: glas

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlas/
• Rhymes: -as

Noun

glas n ‎(plural glasuri)

1. voice
2. vote

Declension

Synonyms

• voce

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klas/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

glas

1. green (of grass, trees, etc.; also "inexperienced")
2. grey (of sheep, horses, cloth, wool, etc.; also of eyes)

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glas ‎(“clasp, lock”).

Noun

glas f ‎(genitive singular glais or glaise, plural glasan)

1. lock

Derived terms

• glas-ghuib

Verb

glas ‎(past ghlas, future glasaidh, verbal noun glasadh, past participle glaste)

1. lock

Alternative forms

• glais

See also

Serbo-Croatian

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

Declension

References

• “glas” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

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

Declension

Derived terms

• glásek
• glásen

Swedish

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

Noun

glas n

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

Declension

Descendants

• Finnish: lasi

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English glass.

Noun

glas

1. glass (as in glass of water)

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɑːs/

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.

See also

Mutation