noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Articles made from glass, especially drinking glasses, jugs and other tableware made of glass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
an article of tableware made of glass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Etymology tree English glass Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English glassware From glass + -ware.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
стъклария
(stǎklarija)
— tableware made of glass
Chinese Mandarin:
玻璃器皿
(bōlí qìmǐn)
— tableware made of glass
Chinese Mandarin:
料器
(liàoqì)
— tableware made of glass
Dutch:
glasgoed
— tableware made of glass
Dutch:
glasservies
— tableware made of glass
Finnish:
lasitavara
— tableware made of glass
Finnish:
lasiesine
— tableware made of glass
French:
verrerie
— tableware made of glass
German:
Glasware
— tableware made of glass
Hungarian:
üvegáru
— tableware made of glass
Hungarian:
üvegedények
— tableware made of glass
Ladino:
vidreria
— tableware made of glass
Latin:
vitrea
— tableware made of glass
Macedonian:
стакла́рија
(staklárija)
— tableware made of glass
Polish:
wyroby szklane
— tableware made of glass
Spanish:
cristalería
— tableware made of glass
Ottoman Turkish:
زجاجیه
(zücâciye)
— tableware made of glass
Ukrainian:
скляни́й по́суд
(skljanýj pósud)
— tableware made of glass