gloire

From Old French, borrowed from Latin glōria.

• IPA^(key): /ɡlwaʁ/

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gloire f (plural gloires)

1. glory

• à vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire
• heure de gloire

• glorieux
• glorifier
• glorification
• gloriole

• célébrité
• honneur
• vaniteux

• Etymology and history of “gloire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

• rigole, rigolé

gloire

1. alternative form of glorie

gloire f (plural gloires)

1. glory

• glorieux

• glorie, glore

Borrowed from Latin glōria.

gloire oblique singular, f (oblique plural gloires, nominative singular gloire, nominative plural gloires)

1. (countable and uncountable) glory

• French: gloire
• → Middle English: glorie, glorye, glory, gloire
  • English: glory
  • Scots: glore
• Champenois: glore, guiore