"glair" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡlɛə(ɹ)/ Forms: glairs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English glaire, from Old French glaire, from Vulgar Latin *clāria, a substantive use of Latin clārus (“clear”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|glaire}} Middle English glaire, {{der|en|fro|glaire}} Old French glaire, {{der|en|VL.|*clāria}} Vulgar Latin *clāria, {{der|en|la|clārus||clear}} Latin clārus (“clear”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} glair (countable and uncountable, plural glairs)
  1. Egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Eggs Translations (egg-white — see also albumen): белтък на яйце (beltǎk na jajce) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bílek [masculine] (Czech), munanvalkuainen (Finnish), albumeno (Ido), gealacán [masculine] (Irish), бело́к (belók) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-glair-en-noun-uUbUdgBZ Disambiguation of Eggs: 48 25 13 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 17 16 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 12 15 4 Disambiguation of 'egg-white — see also albumen': 78 10 12
  2. Any viscous, slimy substance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (any viscous, slimy substance): lima (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-glair-en-noun-rm4QozXK Disambiguation of 'any viscous, slimy substance': 4 94 2
  3. A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-glair-en-noun-0oSrWiqF Disambiguation of Weapons: 31 13 50 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: glaire Derived forms: glaireous

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɡlɛə(ɹ)/ Forms: glairs [present, singular, third-person], glairing [participle, present], glaired [participle, past], glaired [past]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English glaire, from Old French glaire, from Vulgar Latin *clāria, a substantive use of Latin clārus (“clear”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|glaire}} Middle English glaire, {{der|en|fro|glaire}} Old French glaire, {{der|en|VL.|*clāria}} Vulgar Latin *clāria, {{der|en|la|clārus||clear}} Latin clārus (“clear”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} glair (third-person singular simple present glairs, present participle glairing, simple past and past participle glaired)
  1. To smear with egg-white.
    Sense id: en-glair-en-verb-Yi6SY0QY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: glaire

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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