adj
Meaning 1
Having glamour; stylish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
glamorous
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡlæ.mə.ɹəs/
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New-Zealand: /ˈɡlɛ.mə.ɹəs/
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adj
Meaning 2
Being associated with one or more glamours.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
having an air of allure, romance and excitement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- glamorous movie stars
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: glamourous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English glamor Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English glamorous From glamor + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: очарователен (očarovatelen) — Having glamour; stylish
- Bulgarian: възхитителен (vǎzhititelen) — Having glamour; stylish
- Catalan: glamurós — Having glamour; stylish
- Chinese Mandarin: 魅力十足的 (mèilì shízú de) — Having glamour; stylish
- Dutch: glamoureus — Having glamour; stylish
- Dutch: glamourachtig — Having glamour; stylish
- Finnish: hohdokas — Having glamour; stylish
- Finnish: tyylikäs — Having glamour; stylish
- Finnish: loistokas — Having glamour; stylish
- French: charmant — Having glamour; stylish
- French: glamour — Having glamour; stylish
- German: glamourös — Having glamour; stylish
- German: bezaubernd — Having glamour; stylish
- Norwegian Bokmål: glamorøs — Having glamour; stylish
- Norwegian Nynorsk: glamorøs — Having glamour; stylish
- Polish: elegancki — Having glamour; stylish
- Portuguese: glamouroso — Having glamour; stylish
- Portuguese: glamuroso — Having glamour; stylish
- Romanian: fermecător — Having glamour; stylish
- Russian: обая́тельный (obajátelʹnyj) — Having glamour; stylish
- Russian: очарова́тельный (očarovátelʹnyj) — Having glamour; stylish
- Russian: чару́ющий (čarújuščij) — Having glamour; stylish
- Spanish: glamuroso — Having glamour; stylish
- Spanish: glamoroso — Having glamour; stylish
- Swedish: glamorös — Having glamour; stylish
- Tagalog: kaakit-akit — Having glamour; stylish
- Tagalog: kahali-halina — Having glamour; stylish
- Tagalog: mapanggayuma — Having glamour; stylish
- Tagalog: mapanghalina — Having glamour; stylish
- Tagalog: mapanlayumot — Having glamour; stylish
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