# glamour
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Scots glamour (“magic”), alteration of Middle English gramere (“grammar”), from Old French gramaire. Doublet of glamoury, gramarye, grammar, and grimoire. A connection has also been suggested with Old Norse glámr (“the moon", also "the name of a ghost”, poetic byname, literally “the pale one”) and glámsýni (“glamour, illusion”, literally “glam-sight”). From Grettir's Saga aka Grettis Saga, one of the Sagas of Icelanders, after the hero has been cursed by Glam, aka Glamr: "...he was become so fearsome a man in the dark, that he durst go nowhither alone after nightfall, for then he seemed to see all kinds of horrors. And that has fallen since into a proverb, that "Glam lends eyes", or gives Glamsight to those who see things nowise as they are."

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɡlæmə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈɡlæmɚ/
* Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)

### Noun

glamour (countable and uncountable, plural glamours)
* (uncountable) Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seem beauteous.
** 1882, James Thomson (B. V.), The City of Dreadful Night:They often murmur to themselves, they speak To one another seldom, for their woe Broods maddening inwardly and scorns to wreak Itself abroad; and if at whiles it grow To frenzy which must rave, none heeds the clamour, Unless there waits some victim of like glamour, To rave in turn, who lends attentive show.
* (uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).
    glamour magazines; a glamour model
* (uncountable) Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing.
    The idea of being a movie star has lost its glamour for me.
** 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 197:“The North Pole was one of these places, I remember. Well, I haven’t been there yet, and shall not try now. The glamour’s off.”
** 1950 May 7, The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, page 13, column 3:Boys have not lost their love for adventure, and still have `itchy feet.' Many are seeking glamor jobs, want to be writers, detectives, seamen.
* Any artificial interest in, or association with, objects, or persons, through which they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
* A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
** 1861 October, “The Nelumbium Luteum, or Yellow Egyptian Lotus.”, in Thomas Meehan, editor, The Gardner’s Monthly and Advertiser Horticultural, volume III, number 10, 23 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, page 311:When the golden October comes, with its witching of hazy air that makes a glamour for all things and any landscape, we shall see these offspring of poetic myth stretch out beside the creeks, breaking the tender hulls for their magical chincapins, and feeding on them and on the dreams of which they are the talismans.
* (countable) An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.

#### Alternative forms

* glamor (US); however, the -our spelling is the more common spelling, even in the US

#### Derived terms

* beglammer
* beglamour
* beglamourment
* englamour
* glam
* glamazonian
* glambassador
* glammed up
* glamorous, glamourous
* glamorously
* glamourama
* glamourful
* glamour girl
* glamourise
* glamour issue
* glamourization
* glamourize
* glamourless
* glamour model
* glamour photography
* glamourpuss
* glamour-puss
* glamoursome
* glamourwear
* glam rock
* glitz and glamour

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: glamur
* → Danish: glamour
* → Dutch: glamour
* → Finnish: glamour
* → French: glamour
* → German: Glamour
* Norwegian:
    → Norwegian Bokmål: glamour
    → Norwegian Nynorsk: glamour
* → Russian: гламур (glamur)
* → Spanish: glamur, glamour
* → Swedish: glamour

#### Translations
### Verb

glamour (third-person singular simple present glamours, present participle glamouring, simple past and past participle glamoured)
* (transitive) To enchant; to bewitch.

#### References

* ↑ Postrel, Virginia (2013 November 5) “One: The Magic of Glamour”, in The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN: “Reflecting this sense of the word, by 1902 Webster's included two new definitions: “a kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are”…”
* Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “Glámr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press

## Danish
### Etymology

From English glamour.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡlamuːr/, [ɡ̊laˈmuːɐ̯] or IPA: /ɡlamɔr/, [ˈɡ̊lamɒ]

### Noun

glamour c (singular definite glamouren, not used in plural form)
* glamour

#### Derived terms

* glamourisere
* glamourøs

## Finnish
### Etymology

From French glamour.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡlɑmour/, [ˈɡlɑ̝mo̞ur]
* Rhymes: -ɑmour
* Hyphenation: gla‧mo‧ur

### Noun

glamour
* glamour (alluring beauty or charm)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of glamour (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
glamourini
glamourini
accusative
nom.
glamourini
glamourini
gen.
glamourini
genitive
glamourini
glamourieni
partitive
glamouriani
glamourejani
inessive
glamourissani
glamoureissani
elative
glamouristani
glamoureistani
illative
glamouriini
glamoureihini
adessive
glamourillani
glamoureillani
ablative
glamouriltani
glamoureiltani
allative
glamourilleni
glamoureilleni
essive
glamourinani
glamoureinani
translative
glamourikseni
glamoureikseni
abessive
glamourittani
glamoureittani
instructive
comitative
—glamoureineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
glamourisi
glamourisi
accusative
nom.
glamourisi
glamourisi
gen.
glamourisi
genitive
glamourisi
glamouriesi
partitive
glamouriasi
glamourejasi
inessive
glamourissasi
glamoureissasi
elative
glamouristasi
glamoureistasi
illative
glamouriisi
glamoureihisi
adessive
glamourillasi
glamoureillasi
ablative
glamouriltasi
glamoureiltasi
allative
glamourillesi
glamoureillesi
essive
glamourinasi
glamoureinasi
translative
glamouriksesi
glamoureiksesi
abessive
glamourittasi
glamoureittasi
instructive
comitative
—glamoureinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
glamourimme
glamourimme
accusative
nom.
glamourimme
glamourimme
gen.
glamourimme
genitive
glamourimme
glamouriemme
partitive
glamouriamme
glamourejamme
inessive
glamourissamme
glamoureissamme
elative
glamouristamme
glamoureistamme
illative
glamouriimme
glamoureihimme
adessive
glamourillamme
glamoureillamme
ablative
glamouriltamme
glamoureiltamme
allative
glamourillemme
glamoureillemme
essive
glamourinamme
glamoureinamme
translative
glamouriksemme
glamoureiksemme
abessive
glamourittamme
glamoureittamme
instructive
comitative
—glamoureinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
glamourinne
glamourinne
accusative
nom.
glamourinne
glamourinne
gen.
glamourinne
genitive
glamourinne
glamourienne
partitive
glamourianne
glamourejanne
inessive
glamourissanne
glamoureissanne
elative
glamouristanne
glamoureistanne
illative
glamouriinne
glamoureihinne
adessive
glamourillanne
glamoureillanne
ablative
glamouriltanne
glamoureiltanne
allative
glamourillenne
glamoureillenne
essive
glamourinanne
glamoureinanne
translative
glamouriksenne
glamoureiksenne
abessive
glamourittanne
glamoureittanne
instructive
comitative
—glamoureinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
glamourinsa
glamourinsa
accusative
nom.
glamourinsa
glamourinsa
gen.
glamourinsa
genitive
glamourinsa
glamouriensa
partitive
glamouriaan glamouriansa
glamourejaan glamourejansa
inessive
glamourissaan glamourissansa
glamoureissaan glamoureissansa
elative
glamouristaan glamouristansa
glamoureistaan glamoureistansa
illative
glamouriinsa
glamoureihinsa
adessive
glamourillaan glamourillansa
glamoureillaan glamoureillansa
ablative
glamouriltaan glamouriltansa
glamoureiltaan glamoureiltansa
allative
glamourilleen glamourillensa
glamoureilleen glamoureillensa
essive
glamourinaan glamourinansa
glamoureinaan glamoureinansa
translative
glamourikseen glamouriksensa
glamoureikseen glamoureiksensa
abessive
glamourittaan glamourittansa
glamoureittaan glamoureittansa
instructive
comitative
—glamoureineen glamoureinensa :

### Further reading

* “glamour”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

## French
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

glamour m (uncountable)
* glamour

### Adjective

glamour (invariable)
* glamorous

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From English glamour.

### Noun

glamour m (definite singular glamouren)
* glamour

#### Related terms

* glamorøs

### References

* “glamour” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From English glamour.

### Noun

glamour m (definite singular glamouren)
* glamour

#### Related terms

* glamorøs

### References

* “glamour” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English glamour.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡlaˈmuʁ/ [ɡlaˈmuh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡlaˈmuʁ/ [ɡlaˈmuh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ɡlaˈmuɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɡlaˈmuʁ/ [ɡlaˈmuχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɡlaˈmuɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡlɐˈmuɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡlɐˈmuɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɡlɐˈmu.ɾi/

### Noun

glamour m (uncountable)
* glamour
    Synonyms: charme, encanto

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English glamour.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡlaˈmuɾ/ [ɡlaˈmuɾ]
* Rhymes: -uɾ

### Noun

glamour m (uncountable)
* Alternative spelling of glamur

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “glamour”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

glamour c (definite singular glamouren) (uncountable)
* glamour