# guise
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaɪz/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: guys
* Rhymes: -aɪz

### Etymology 1

From Middle English guise, gise, gyse, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *wīsa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, view, behold, perceive”). Cognate with Old High German wīsa (“way, manner”), Old English wīse (“way, manner”), Dutch wijze (“way, manner”). More at wise.

#### Noun

guise (plural guises)
* A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
** 1924, Aristotle. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Aristotle. Metaphysics. Book 1, Part 5.
    dialecticians and sophists assume the same guise as the philosopher
* An external appearance in manner or dress; an appropriate indication or expression; a garb; a shape.
* A misleading appearance; a cover, a cloak.
    Under the guise of patriotism
** 2013 September 13, Russell Brand, The Guardian‎:Ought we be concerned that our rights to protest are being continually eroded under the guise of enhancing our safety?
** 2020 September 5, Phil McNulty, “Iceland 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport‎:This was almost like a behind-closed-doors pre-season friendly in an international guise so it comes as no surprise that England lacked the sort of sharpness and inspiration that would have come with more match practice.
** 2022, Vane, “Six Feet Under”‎:But in the blink of an eye, you kissed me goodbye And the taste of your lips left me mortified They were cold, full of spite And under a guise You promised we'd both be dead that night

##### Synonyms

* (customary way of acting): See Thesaurus:conduct
* (external appearance): See Thesaurus:guise

##### Related terms

* disguise

##### Translations
#### Verb

guise (third-person singular simple present guises, present participle guising, simple past and past participle guised)
* (archaic, transitive) To dress.
* (archaic, intransitive) To act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

guise pl (plural only)
* (Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of guys.
    Sup guise? — What's up, guys?

### Anagrams

* Segui, egusi

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French guise, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *wīsa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, view, behold, perceive”). Cognate with Old High German wīsa (“way, manner”), Old English wīse (“wise, way, fashion, custom, habit, manner”). More at wise.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡiz/

### Noun

guise f (plural guises)
* way
    le faire à ma guise ― do it my way
    Je l’ai laissé chanter à sa guise. ― I let him sing his way.
    en guise de ― by way of, as

#### Derived terms

* en guise de

### Further reading

* “guise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Verb

guise
* inflection of guisar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Noun

guise f
* plural of guisa

### Anagrams

* segui, seguì

## Old French
### Noun

guise oblique singular, f (oblique plural guises, nominative singular guise, nominative plural guises)
* way; manner
** c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:Biaus sire, quant vos an tel guise An blanc chainse et an sa chemise Ma cosine an volez mener, Un autre don li vuel donerGood sir, when you in such a way In a white tunic and in her shirt Want to take my cousin I want to give her another gift

#### Descendants

* English: guise
* French: guise

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (guise, supplement)

## Portuguese
### Verb

guise
* inflection of guisar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

guise
* inflection of guisar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative