English

Proper noun

Gloria

1. A female given name. Popular during the first half of the 20th century.
   • 1835 Jacobus Flax, The Knickerbocker, October 1835, page 291:

     Miss Flax, the little thin sister, and Miss Gloria, the stout able-bodied sister, lifted up their hands and eyes in horror at the mere hint of a wet nurse.

   • 1898 George Bernard Shaw, You Never Can Tell, Act II:

     Crampton. - - - What's your name? I mean your pet name. They can't very well call you Sophronia.

     Gloria. Sophronia! My name is Gloria. I am always called by it.

     Crampton. Your name is Sophronia, girl: you were called after your aunt Sophronia, my sister: she gave you your first Bible with your name written in it.

     Gloria: Then my mother gave me a new name.

Anagrams

• Loriga

Faroese

Proper noun

Gloria

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Gloria: Gloriuson
• daughter of Gloria: Gloriudóttir

Declension

Italian

Proper noun

Gloria f

1. A female given name.

Anagrams

• algori
• giralo
• raglio, ragliò
• riloga

Spanish

Proper noun

Gloria f

1. A female given name

English

Noun

gloria ‎(plural glorias)

1. A lightweight fabric used for umbrellas and dresses.

Translations

Finnish

Noun

gloria

1. glory (optical phenomenon)

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glōria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔrja/, [ˈgl̺ɔː.r̺jä]
• Hyphenation: glò‧ria

Noun

gloria f ‎(plural glorie)

1. glory
2. praise

Related terms

• glorificarsi
• glorificare
• glorificativo
• glorificatore
• glorificazione
• glorioso

Anagrams

• algori, giralo, raglio, ragliò, riloga

Ladin

Noun

gloria f ‎(plural glories)

1. glory

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *gnōria, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‎(“to know, recognize”) or perhaps the noun *ǵnoh₃ris ‎(“knowledge”) (compare Ancient Greek γνώριμος ‎(gnṓrimos, “well-known, familiar”). Akin to gnārus and ignōrō, which do not exhibit dissimilation, and also nōscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloː.ri.a/, [ˈɡɫoː.ri.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlo.ri.a/, [ˈɡloː.ri.a]

Noun

glōria f ‎(genitive glōriae); first declension

1. glory, fame, honor
2. vocative singular of glōria

glōriā f

1. ablative singular of glōria

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• sic transit gloria mundi

Related terms

• glōriātiō
• glōriola
• glōrior
• glōriōsē
• glōriōsus

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gloria”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to gain distinction: gloriam, famam sibi comparare
    
  • to win (undying) fame: gloriam (immortalem) consequi, adipisci
    
  • to confer distinction on a person; to redound to his credit: gloriae, laudi esse
    
  • to be very famous, illustrious: gloria, laude florere
    
  • to have reached the highest pinnacle of eminence: summa gloria florere
    
  • to become famous, distinguish oneself: gloriam colligere, in summam gloriam venire
    
  • to confer undying fame on, immortalise some one: aliquem immortali gloria afficere
    
  • to confer undying fame on, immortalise some one: aliquem sempiternae gloriae commendare
    
  • to be guided by ambition: gloria duci
    
  • to be guided by ambition: laudem, gloriam quaerere
    
  • to be spurred on by ambition: stimulis gloriae concitari
    
  • to be consumed by the fires of ambition: gloriae, laudis cupiditate incensum esse, flagrare
    
  • to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: de gloria, fama alicuius detrahere
    
  • to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius gloriae or simply alicui obtrectare
    
  • to render obscure, eclipse a person: obscurare alicuius gloriam, laudem, famam (not obscurare aliquem)
    
• gloria in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, 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, page 265f

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• glorien

Noun

gloria m, f

1. definite feminine singular of glorie

Portuguese

Noun

gloria f (plural glorias)

1. Obsolete spelling of glória

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glōria.

Noun

gloria f ‎(plural glorias)

1. glory

Verb

gloria

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of gloriar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of gloriar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of gloriar.

Anagrams

• gorila
• girola
• gíralo

Swedish

Noun

gloria c

1. a halo (on a saint)

   en gloria på sned

   a halo askew

Declension

Related terms

• helgongloria
• gloriesken
• glorifiera
• glorifiering
• gloriös

Synonyms

• helgonskimmer
• strålkrans

References

• gloria in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)