glance

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɡlɑːns/
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• General-American: /ɡlæns/
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• General-American: [ɡɫeəns]
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• rhymes with -ɑːns
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• rhymes with -æns
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• CMU ARPABET: G L AE1 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The verb is derived from Late Middle English glenchen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; of a person: to turn quickly aside, dodge”) [and other forms], a blend of: * Old French glacier, glachier, glaichier (“to slide; to slip”) (whence also Middle English glacen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; to glide”)), from glace (“frozen water, ice”) (from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin, + -ier (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs); and * Old French guenchir, ganchir (“to avoid; to change direction; to elude, evade”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wankijan (“to move aside; to stagger, sway; to wave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bend”). The noun is derived from the verb. The sense "to look briefly (at something)" is probably due to partial conflation with Middle English glenten (“to look askance”)—the ancestor of English glint—in the Middle English period. This conflation may also have reinforced the medial -n-. See English glint

From Late Middle English glaunce (compare glaunce-ore (“type of ore; lead ore used for glazing pottery (?)”)), borrowed from Middle High German glanz (“(adjective) gleaming, glittering, sparkling; (noun) a gleam, glitter, sparkle”), from Old High German glanz (“bright”, adjective), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghlend-.

158 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: по́гляд (póhljad) — brief or cursory look
• Bulgarian: бегъл поглед (begǎl pogled) — brief or cursory look
• Bulgarian: по́глед (pógled) — brief or cursory look
• Catalan: cop d'ull — brief or cursory look
• Catalan: llambregada — brief or cursory look
• Catalan: ullada — brief or cursory look
• Chinese Mandarin: 一瞥 (yīpiē) — brief or cursory look
• Chinese Mandarin: 一眼 (yīyǎn) — brief or cursory look
• Czech: letmý pohled — brief or cursory look
• Czech: pohled — brief or cursory look
• Danish: blik — brief or cursory look
• Danish: øjekast — brief or cursory look
• Estonian: pilk — brief or cursory look
• Finnish: silmäys — brief or cursory look
• Finnish: vilkaisu — brief or cursory look
• French: coup d’œil — brief or cursory look
• German: Blick — brief or cursory look
• German: Streifblick — brief or cursory look
• Greek: ματιά (matiá) — brief or cursory look
• Ancient Greek: βλέμμα (blémma) — brief or cursory look
• Hebrew: הצצה (hatsatsá) — brief or cursory look
• Irish: spléachadh — brief or cursory look
• Irish: súilfhéachaint — brief or cursory look
• Italian: sguardo — brief or cursory look
• Italian: occhiata — brief or cursory look
• Italian: scorsa — brief or cursory look
• Italian: guardata — brief or cursory look
• Italian: sbirciata — brief or cursory look
• Japanese: 一目 (hitome) — brief or cursory look
• Korean: 일견 (ilgyeon) — brief or cursory look
• Macedonian: по́глед (pógled) — brief or cursory look
• Norman: coup d'yi — brief or cursory look
• Norwegian Bokmål: blikk — brief or cursory look
• Norwegian Nynorsk: blikk — brief or cursory look
• Old Norse: tillit — brief or cursory look
• Polish: pogląd — brief or cursory look
• Polish: rzut oka — brief or cursory look
• Portuguese: relance — brief or cursory look
• Portuguese: olhadela — brief or cursory look
• Russian: взгляд (vzgljad) — brief or cursory look
• Scottish Gaelic: sùil — brief or cursory look
• Scottish Gaelic: plathadh — brief or cursory look
• Slovak: pohľad — brief or cursory look
• Spanish: vistazo — brief or cursory look
• Spanish: ojeada — brief or cursory look
• Spanish: mirada — brief or cursory look
• Spanish: intuitu — brief or cursory look
• Swedish: blick — brief or cursory look
• Tocharian B: pilko — brief or cursory look
• Ottoman Turkish: باقم (bakım) — brief or cursory look
• Ottoman Turkish: نگاه (nigâh) — brief or cursory look
• Ukrainian: по́гляд (póhljad) — brief or cursory look
• Volapük: loged viföfik — brief or cursory look
• Welsh: trem — brief or cursory look
• Finnish: vilaus — quick movement that catches light, and causes a flash or glitter
• Finnish: väläys — quick movement that catches light, and causes a flash or glitter
• Finnish: lyönti maila vinossa — (cricket) stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner
• Finnish: vilkuilu — of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: an act of rapidly touching the side of its parent’s body, usually to feed on mucus
• Bulgarian: бленда (blenda) — any of various sulphides which have a brilliant metallic lustre
• Finnish: kiille — any of various sulphides which have a brilliant metallic lustre
• German: Steinkohle — any of various sulphides which have a brilliant metallic lustre
• Polish: błyszcz — any of various sulphides which have a brilliant metallic lustre
• Swedish: glans — any of various sulphides which have a brilliant metallic lustre
• Finnish: vilkaista — to turn (one’s eyes or look) at something, often briefly
• Finnish: katsahtaa — to turn (one’s eyes or look) at something, often briefly
• French: lancer un regard — to turn (one’s eyes or look) at something, often briefly
• German: einen Blick darauf werfen — to turn (one’s eyes or look) at something, often briefly
• Macedonian: по́гледне (pógledne) — to turn (one’s eyes or look) at something, often briefly
• Māori: karapa — to turn (one’s eyes or look) at something, often briefly
• Bulgarian: погле́ждам (pogléždam) — to look briefly at (something)
• Bulgarian: преглеждам бегло (pregleždam beglo) — to look briefly at (something)
• Catalan: donar un cop d'ull — to look briefly at (something)
• Catalan: llambregar — to look briefly at (something)
• Chinese Mandarin: 看一看 (kàn yī kàn) — to look briefly at (something)
• Chinese Mandarin: 看一下 (kàn yīxià) — to look briefly at (something)
• Czech: mrknout (krátce se podívat) — to look briefly at (something)
• Esperanto: ekrigardi — to look briefly at (something)
• Esperanto: okulĵeti — to look briefly at (something)
• Estonian: pilku heitma — to look briefly at (something)
• Finnish: vilkaista — to look briefly at (something)
• Finnish: silmätä — to look briefly at (something)
• Finnish: vilkuilla — to look briefly at (something)
• Finnish: silmäillä — to look briefly at (something)
• Finnish: pälyillä — to look briefly at (something)
• French: jeter un coup d’œil — to look briefly at (something)
• Galician: dar unha ollada — to look briefly at (something)
• Georgian: შეხედვა (šexedva) — to look briefly at (something)
• Georgian: თვალის შევლება (tvalis ševleba) — to look briefly at (something)
• German: blicken — to look briefly at (something)
• German: einen Blick darauf werfen — to look briefly at (something)
• Italian: dare un'occhiata — to look briefly at (something)
• Italian: sbirciare — to look briefly at (something)
• Italian: occhieggiare — to look briefly at (something)
• Japanese: 一目見る (hitomemiru) — to look briefly at (something)
• Japanese: 一瞥する (ichibetsu suru) — to look briefly at (something)
• Korean: 쳐다보다 (cheodaboda) — to look briefly at (something)
• Central Kurdish: چاو بخشێنە (çaw bixşêne) — to look briefly at (something)
• Macedonian: по́гледне (pógledne) — to look briefly at (something)
• Macedonian: фр́ла по́глед (fŕla pógled) — to look briefly at (something)
• Māori: karipi — to look briefly at (something)
• Māori: kaperua — to look briefly at (something)
• Māori: makamaka — to look briefly at (something)
• Māori: karapa — to look briefly at (something)
• Māori: whakakiwi — to look briefly at (something)
• Māori: whakakikiwi — to look briefly at (something)
• Māori: rarapa — to look briefly at (something)
• Māori: whakataha — to look briefly at (something)
• Māori: kōrewha — to look briefly at (something)
• Māori: korotaha — to look briefly at (something)
• Māori: matakarapa — to look briefly at (something)
• Māori: mawhiti — to look briefly at (something)
• Polish: zerkać — to look briefly at (something)
• Polish: zerknąć — to look briefly at (something)
• Polish: rzucać okiem — to look briefly at (something)
• Polish: rzucić okiem — to look briefly at (something)
• Polish: spojrzeć — to look briefly at (something)
• Portuguese: dar uma olhada/olhadela — to look briefly at (something)
• Portuguese: olhar de relance — to look briefly at (something)
• Russian: взгляну́ть (vzgljanútʹ) — to look briefly at (something)
• Russian: гля́нуть (gljánutʹ) — to look briefly at (something)
• Lower Sorbian: glědaś — to look briefly at (something)
• Spanish: ojear — to look briefly at (something)
• Spanish: echar un vistazo — to look briefly at (something)
• Spanish: mirar — to look briefly at (something)
• Spanish: pispear — to look briefly at (something)
• Spanish: echar una mirada — to look briefly at (something)
• Spanish: lanzar una ojeada — to look briefly at (something)
• Thai: ชําเลือง (cham-lʉʉang) — to look briefly at (something)
• Thai: เหลือบ (lʉ̀ʉap) — to look briefly at (something)
• Ukrainian: гля́нути (hljánuty) — to look briefly at (something)
• Finnish: vilauttaa — to cause (light) to gleam or sparkle
• Finnish: liikuttaa vinoon — to cause (something) to move obliquely
• Finnish: hipaista — (ball games) to hit (a ball) lightly, causing it to move in another direction
• Finnish: lyödä maila vinossa — (cricket) to hit (a ball) with a bat held in a slanted manner; to play such a stroke against (the bowler)
• Bulgarian: рикоширам (rikoširam) — to strike and fly off in an oblique direction to dart aside
• Czech: škrtnout (o povrch) — to strike and fly off in an oblique direction to dart aside
• Finnish: pompata — to strike and fly off in an oblique direction to dart aside
• Irish: scinn — to strike and fly off in an oblique direction to dart aside
• Macedonian: рикошети́ра (rikošetíra) — to strike and fly off in an oblique direction to dart aside
• Macedonian: се о́дбива (se ódbiva) — to strike and fly off in an oblique direction to dart aside
• Māori: hohoni — to strike and fly off in an oblique direction to dart aside
• Māori: honi — to strike and fly off in an oblique direction to dart aside
• Finnish: lyödä maila vinossa — (cricket) to hit a ball with a bat held in a slanted manner
• Finnish: vilkuilla — of certain juvenile fish: to rapidly touch the side of its parent’s body
• Bulgarian: проблясвам (probljasvam) — of light: to gleam, to sparkle — see also gleam, sparkle
• Czech: zajiskřit — of light: to gleam, to sparkle — see also gleam, sparkle
• Czech: problesknout — of light: to gleam, to sparkle — see also gleam, sparkle
• Czech: zazářit — of light: to gleam, to sparkle — see also gleam, sparkle
• Finnish: välkehtiä — of light: to gleam, to sparkle — see also gleam, sparkle
• Macedonian: бле́ска (bléska) — of light: to gleam, to sparkle — see also gleam, sparkle
• Finnish: vilahtaa — of a thing: to move in a way that catches light, and flash or glitter
• Finnish: välkehtiä — of a thing: to move in a way that catches light, and flash or glitter
• Finnish: vilkaista — of the eyes or a person: to look briefly
• Finnish: katsahtaa — of the eyes or a person: to look briefly
• Finnish: vihjailla — of a topic: to make an incidental or passing reflection on, often unfavourably — see also allude, hint
• Finnish: vihjaista — of a topic: to make an incidental or passing reflection on, often unfavourably — see also allude, hint
• Finnish: vihjata — of a topic: to make an incidental or passing reflection on, often unfavourably — see also allude, hint
• French: faire allusion — of a topic: to make an incidental or passing reflection on, often unfavourably — see also allude, hint