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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɡlæm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glam.wav [Southern-England] Forms: glammer [comparative], glammest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: Clipping of glamour. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|glamour}} Clipping of glamour Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} glam (comparative glammer, superlative glammest)
  1. (slang) Glamorous. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-glam-en-adj-XwDPqoiy

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡlæm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glam.wav [Southern-England] Forms: glams [plural]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: Clipping of glamour. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|glamour}} Clipping of glamour Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} glam (countable and uncountable, plural glams)
  1. (uncountable) Glamour; glamorousness. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-glam-en-noun-VXTVy145 Categories (other): Video games Disambiguation of Video games: 5 27 20 14 16 18
  2. (uncountable, music, fashion) Ellipsis of glam rock, the fashion and culture associated with this genre. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: glam rock (extra: the fashion and culture associated with this genre) Synonyms: glitter
    Sense id: en-glam-en-noun-nPWPpPaq Categories (other): Fashion, Musical genres, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese fiction Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 28 61 3 3 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 29 53 5 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 30 61 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Japanese fiction: 15 20 47 10 0 7 Topics: entertainment, fashion, lifestyle, music
  3. (countable, FFXIV fandom slang) A glamour; a cosmetic alteration applied to a piece of equipment. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-glam-en-noun-xilbOZTq

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɡlæm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glam.wav [Southern-England] Forms: glams [present, singular, third-person], glamming [participle, present], glammed [participle, past], glammed [past]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: Clipping of glamour. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|glamour}} Clipping of glamour Head templates: {{en-verb}} glam (third-person singular simple present glams, present participle glamming, simple past and past participle glammed)
  1. To make glamorous or more glamorous.
    Sense id: en-glam-en-verb-HvbCfSNT
  2. (FFXIV fandom slang) To apply a glamour to a piece of equipment.
    Sense id: en-glam-en-verb-1BWkL2gT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: glitz

Verb [Polish]

IPA: /ˈɡlam/
Rhymes: -am Head templates: {{head|pl|verb form}} glam
  1. second-person singular imperative of glamać Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: glamać
    Sense id: en-glam-pl-verb-KSk54E4F Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Polish entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Spanish]

Forms: glams [plural]
Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} glam m (plural glams)
  1. glam Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-glam-es-noun-8tHAZgim Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=n|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} glam n, {{sv-noun|n}} glam n Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], glam [indefinite, nominative, singular], glams [genitive, indefinite, singular], glammet [definite, nominative, singular], glammets [definite, genitive, singular], - [indefinite, nominative, plural], - [genitive, indefinite, plural], - [definite, nominative, plural], - [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. loud expressions of joy, loud merriment Tags: neuter Related terms: glamma
    Sense id: en-glam-sv-noun-BF-nksi~ Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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