# glosa
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡlɔ.zə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈɡlɔ.za]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

glosa f (plural gloses)
* (music, especially Mallorca) short, often improvised folk song or popular song
* (archaic) Alternative form of glossa (“gloss; commentary”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

glosa
* inflection of glosar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Czech
### Etymology

Derived from Old French glose, from Medieval Latin glossa (“explanation of a difficult word”).

### Noun

glosa f
* gloss (a brief explanatory note)

#### See also

* vysvětlivka

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡlo.za/
* Homophones: glosas, glosât

### Verb

glosa
* third-person singular past historic of gloser

### Anagrams

* goals

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈɡloː.sa/, [ˈɡɫ̪oːs̠ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈɡlo.sa/, [ˈɡlɔːs̬ä]

### Noun

glōsa f (genitive glōsae); first declension
* Alternative spelling of glossa

#### Declension

First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | glōsa | glōsae |
| Genitive | glōsae | glōsārum |
| Dative | glōsae | glōsīs |
| Accusative | glōsam | glōsās |
| Ablative | glōsā | glōsīs |
| Vocative | glōsa | glōsae |

### References

* glosa 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)
* glōsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 716/2.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* glosen

### Noun

glosa m or f
* definite feminine singular of glose

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

glosa f
* definite singular of glose

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glōssa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡlɔsa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔsa
* Syllabification: glo‧sa

### Noun

glosa f
* (lexicography) gloss (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* glosa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* glosa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡlɔ.zɐ/
* Hyphenation: glo‧sa

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Late Latin glōssa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa).

#### Noun

glosa f (plural glosas)
* (countable) gloss (brief explanatory note or translation)

##### Related terms

* glossário

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

glosa
* inflection of glosar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “glosa”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
* “glosa”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
* “glosa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “glosa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “glosa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
* “glosa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡlosa/ [ˈɡlo.sa]
* Rhymes: -osa
* Syllabification: glo‧sa

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin glōssa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa).

#### Noun

glosa f (plural glosas)
* gloss (brief explanatory note or translation)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

glosa
* inflection of glosar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

## Swedish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish glosa. Borrowed from Latin glossa. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa). According to SO attested since circa 1600.

### Noun

glosa c
* a (standalone) word, especially foreign
    Synonym: ord
    Jag har 20 engelska glosor i hemläxa.I have 20 English words as homework.

#### Usage notes

Seldom used in settings outside language learning.

#### Declension
### See also

* vokabel (“vocable”)

### References

* glosa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* glosa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)