name
Meaning 1
A female given name from English.
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Standard Lemma guide
glory
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɔːɹi/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈɡloːɹɪj/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈɡloɹi/
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Canada, General-American, dialectal: [ˈɡlɔɹi]
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈɡloːɹi/
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Scotland: /ˈɡloɾe/
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Eastern-New-England: /ˈɡlɔəɹi/
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General-American, archaic: /ˈɡloɹi/
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Received-Pronunciation, obsolete: /ˈɡlɔəɹɪ/
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rhymes with -ɔːɹi
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noun
Meaning 2
Great beauty and splendor.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Worship or praise.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: climatology, engineering, meteorology, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: anticorona
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Victory; success.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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noun
Meaning 10
Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
Something glorious.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 12
To exult with joy; to rejoice.
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verb
Meaning 13
To boast; to be proud.
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verb
Meaning 14
To shine radiantly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, poetic
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noun
Meaning 15
brilliant radiant beauty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the glory of the sunrise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: resplendence, resplendency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beauty
noun
Meaning 16
an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, gloriole
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: light, lightness
noun
Meaning 17
a state of high honor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he valued glory above life itself
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: glorification
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: honor, honour, laurels
verb
Meaning 18
rejoice proudly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilate
History
Etymology
From glory as a variant of the more common Gloria.
From Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”). Doublet of gloria. Displaced native Old English wuldor.
Across languages
Translations
279 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مَجْد (majd) — great beauty or splendour
- Arabic: جَلَال (jalāl) — great beauty or splendour
- Armenian: փառք (pʻaṙkʻ) — great beauty or splendour
- Armenian: շքեղություն (škʻeġutʻyun) — great beauty or splendour
- Belarusian: сла́ва (sláva) — great beauty or splendour
- Bulgarian: великоле́пие (velikolépie) — great beauty or splendour
- Bulgarian: сла́ва (sláva) — great beauty or splendour
- Burmese: မျှို့ (hmyui.) — great beauty or splendour
- Catalan: glòria — great beauty or splendour
- Chinese Mandarin: 絕妙 /绝妙 (júemiào) — great beauty or splendour
- Chinese Mandarin: 精巧 (jīngqiǎo) — great beauty or splendour
- Czech: sláva — great beauty or splendour
- Danish: pragt — great beauty or splendour
- Dutch: glorie — great beauty or splendour
- Dutch: luister — great beauty or splendour
- Dutch: pracht — great beauty or splendour
- Esperanto: gloro — great beauty or splendour
- Finnish: loisto — great beauty or splendour
- Finnish: loistokkuus — great beauty or splendour
- French: gloire — great beauty or splendour
- Galician: groria — great beauty or splendour
- Georgian: დიდება (dideba) — great beauty or splendour
- Georgian: სახელი (saxeli) — great beauty or splendour
- German: Pracht — great beauty or splendour
- German: Herrlichkeit — great beauty or splendour
- German: Prunk — great beauty or splendour
- German: Gepränge — great beauty or splendour
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hauheins) — great beauty or splendour
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌿𐍃 (wulþus) — great beauty or splendour
- Greek: λαμπρότητα (lamprótita) — great beauty or splendour
- Greek: μεγαλείο (megaleío) — great beauty or splendour
- Hebrew: הָדָר (hadár) — great beauty or splendour
- Hindi: यश (yaś) — great beauty or splendour
- Hindi: शान (śān) — great beauty or splendour
- Hindi: वैभव (vaibhav) — great beauty or splendour
- Hindi: भव्य (bhavya) — great beauty or splendour
- Hindi: महिमा (mahimā) — great beauty or splendour
- Italian: gloria — great beauty or splendour
- Japanese: 優雅 (yūga) — great beauty or splendour
- Japanese: 絶妙 (zetsumyou) — great beauty or splendour
- Japanese: 素晴らしさ (subarashisa) — great beauty or splendour
- Kazakh: ұлылық (ūlylyq) — great beauty or splendour
- Khmer: កិរ្តិ៍ (kee) — great beauty or splendour
- Khmer: យស (yuəh) — great beauty or splendour
- Khmer: សិរិ (sereʼ) — great beauty or splendour
- Korean: 영광 (yeonggwang) — great beauty or splendour
- Kyrgyz: улуулук (uluuluk) — great beauty or splendour
- Latin: glōria — great beauty or splendour
- Latin: lux — great beauty or splendour
- Macedonian: слава (slava) — great beauty or splendour
- Malay: kegemilangan — great beauty or splendour
- Māori: korōria — great beauty or splendour
- Norwegian Bokmål: prakt — great beauty or splendour
- Old English: wuldor — great beauty or splendour
- Iranian Persian: شُکوه (šokuh) — great beauty or splendour
- Iranian Persian: جَلال (jalâl) — great beauty or splendour
- Polish: chwała — great beauty or splendour
- Polish: sława — great beauty or splendour
- Polish: splendor — great beauty or splendour
- Portuguese: glória — great beauty or splendour
- Romanian: glorie — great beauty or splendour
- Romanian: slavă — great beauty or splendour
- Russian: великоле́пие (velikolépije) — great beauty or splendour
- Russian: сла́ва (sláva) — great beauty or splendour
- Russian: вели́чие (velíčije) — great beauty or splendour
- Sanskrit: द्युम्न (dyumna) — great beauty or splendour
- Sanskrit: यश (yaśa) — great beauty or splendour
- Scottish Gaelic: cliù — great beauty or splendour
- Scottish Gaelic: glòir — great beauty or splendour
- Serbo-Croatian: сла̏ва — great beauty or splendour
- Serbo-Croatian: slȁva — great beauty or splendour
- Slovak: sláva — great beauty or splendour
- Slovene: slava — great beauty or splendour
- Spanish: gloria — great beauty or splendour
- Swedish: prakt — great beauty or splendour
- Tagalog: luwalhati — great beauty or splendour
- Tahitian: hinuhinu — great beauty or splendour
- Thai: ศิริ (sì-rì) — great beauty or splendour
- Tocharian B: pernerñe — great beauty or splendour
- Turkish: görkem — great beauty or splendour
- Ukrainian: сла́ва (sláva) — great beauty or splendour
- Ukrainian: вели́ч (velýč) — great beauty or splendour
- Urdu: شان (śān) — great beauty or splendour
- Urdu: جَلال (jalāl) — great beauty or splendour
- Albanian: zulë — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Albanian: zulmë — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Arabic: مَجْد (majd) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Arabic: شَرَف (šaraf) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Armenian: փառք (pʻaṙkʻ) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Azerbaijani: şərəf — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Azerbaijani: şan — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Azerbaijani: izzət — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Azerbaijani: şöhrət — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Bashkir: дан (dan) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Basque: aintza — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Belarusian: сла́ва (sláva) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Belarusian: хвала́ (xvalá) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Bulgarian: сла́ва (sláva) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Burmese: ကျက်သရေ (kyaksa.re) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Catalan: glòria — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Chinese Mandarin: 榮耀 /荣耀 (róngyào) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Chinese Mandarin: 光榮 /光荣 (guāngróng) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Chinese Mandarin: 榮譽 /荣誉 (róngyù) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Czech: sláva — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Danish: ære — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Dutch: glorie — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Dutch: eer — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Dutch: roem — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Estonian: kuulsus — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Finnish: kunnia — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Finnish: kunnioitus — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Finnish: maineikkuus — honour, admiration, or distinction
- French: gloire — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Middle French: gloyre — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Old French: gloire — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Old French: glorie — honour, admiration, or distinction
- West-Frisian: eare — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Galician: groria — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Galician: brasón — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Galician: loureis — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Georgian: დიდება (dideba) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- German: Ruhm — honour, admiration, or distinction
- German: Glorie — honour, admiration, or distinction
- German: Ehre — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Greek: δόξα (dóxa) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Ancient Greek: δόξα (dóxa) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Hebrew: כָּבוֹד (kavód) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Hindi: प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Hindi: इज़्ज़त (izzat) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Hindi: यश (yaś) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Hindi: कीर्ति (kīrti) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Hungarian: dicsőség — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Italian: gloria — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Japanese: 名誉 (meiyo) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Japanese: 名声 (meisei) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Japanese: 誉れ (homare) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Japanese: 栄光 (eikō) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Kashubian: słôwa — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Kazakh: даңқ (dañq) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Kazakh: атақ (ataq) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Khmer: កិត្តិគុណ (kettekun) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Khmer: កិរ្តិ៍ (kee) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Khmer: កិត្តិ (ketteʼ) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Korean: 명예 (myeong'ye) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Korean: 영광 (yeonggwang) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Korean: 명성 (myeongseong) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Kyrgyz: даңк (daŋk) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Kyrgyz: атак (atak) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Lao: ກຽດ (kīat) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Lao: ຍົດ (nyot) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Lao: ກິດຕິ (kit ti) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Latin: glōria — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Latvian: slava — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Lithuanian: šlovė — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Macedonian: слава (slava) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Middle English: glorie — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Mongo: lokumu — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Mongolian: алдар (aldar) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Mongolian: ᠠᠯᠳᠠᠷ (aldar) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Norwegian Bokmål: glorie — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Norwegian Bokmål: ære — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Norwegian Nynorsk: heider — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Church Slavic: слава (slava) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Church Slavic: ⱄⰾⰰⰲⰰ (slava) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Old East Slavic: слава (slava) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Old English: tir — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Old English: ār — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Iranian Persian: شُهْرَت (šohrat) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Iranian Persian: اِفْتِخار (eftexâr) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Iranian Persian: عِزَّت (ezzat) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Iranian Persian: شَرَف (šaraf) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Polish: chwała — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Polish: gloria — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Polish: sława — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Polish: splendor — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Portuguese: glória — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Romanian: glorie — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Romanian: slavă — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Russian: сла́ва (sláva) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Russian: честь (čestʹ) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Russian: хвала́ (xvalá) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Sanskrit: श्रवस् (śravas) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Sanskrit: यशस् (yaśas) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Scottish Gaelic: glòir — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Scottish Gaelic: cliù — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Serbo-Croatian: сла̏ва — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Serbo-Croatian: slȁva — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Slovak: sláva — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Slovene: slava — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Lower Sorbian: sława — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Upper Sorbian: sława — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Swedish: ära — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Tahitian: hinuhinu — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Tajik: шӯҳрат (šührat) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Tajik: шараф (šaraf) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Tajik: ифтихор (iftixor) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Tajik: иззат (izzat) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Tatar: дан (dan) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Thai: เกียรติ (gìiat) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Thai: กิตติ (gìt-dtì) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Turkish: şeref — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Turkish: şan — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Turkish: şöhret — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Ottoman Turkish: شان (şan) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Ottoman Turkish: عزت (ʼizzet) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Ukrainian: сла́ва (sláva) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Ukrainian: честь (čestʹ) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Ukrainian: хвала́ (xvalá) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Urdu: شُہْرَہ (śuhra) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Urdu: عِزَّت ('izzat) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Urdu: شَرَف (śaraf) — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Uzbek: shon — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Uzbek: sharaf — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Uzbek: shuhrat — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Uzbek: izzat — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Uzbek: iftixor — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Vietnamese: vinh quang — honour, admiration, or distinction
- Finnish: hyve — quality which secures general praise or honour
- Finnish: kunniallisuus — quality which secures general praise or honour
- Armenian: փառք (pʻaṙkʻ) — worship or praise
- Armenian: փառաբանություն (pʻaṙabanutʻyun) — worship or praise
- Dutch: lof — worship or praise
- Dutch: dankzegging — worship or praise
- Finnish: kunnia — worship or praise
- French: gloire — worship or praise
- Galician: groria — worship or praise
- Galician: palma — worship or praise
- German: Rühmen — worship or praise
- German: Glorie — worship or praise
- Greek: δόξα (dóxa) — worship or praise
- Hindi: स्तुति (stuti) — worship or praise
- Hindi: प्रशस्ति (praśasti) — worship or praise
- Irish: glóir — worship or praise
- Old Irish: indocbál — worship or praise
- Italian: gloria — worship or praise
- Latin: glōria — worship or praise
- Norwegian Bokmål: pris — worship or praise
- Norwegian Bokmål: ære — worship or praise
- Iranian Persian: سِتایِش (setâyeš) — worship or praise
- Polish: chwała — worship or praise
- Portuguese: glória — worship or praise
- Russian: сла́ва (sláva) — worship or praise
- Russian: хвала́ (xvalá) — worship or praise
- Scottish Gaelic: cliù — worship or praise
- Scottish Gaelic: glòir — worship or praise
- Slovene: slava — worship or praise
- Ukrainian: сла́ва (sláva) — worship or praise
- Bulgarian: сия́ние (sijánie) — optical phenomenon
- Finnish: sumuvarjo — optical phenomenon
- Finnish: glooria — optical phenomenon
- Galician: lustre — optical phenomenon
- Galician: esprendor — optical phenomenon
- Galician: viveza — optical phenomenon
- German: Glanz — optical phenomenon
- German: Glorie — optical phenomenon
- German: Brillianz — optical phenomenon
- Norwegian Bokmål: glorie — optical phenomenon
- Russian: сия́ние (sijánije) — optical phenomenon
- Russian: блеск (blesk) — optical phenomenon
- Finnish: voitto — victory, success
- Finnish: menestys — victory, success
- Finnish: sädekehä — emanation of light supposed to shine from something holy
- Lao: ສະຫງ່າລາສີ (sa ngā lā sī) — emanation of light supposed to shine from something holy
- Lao: ລັດສະຫມີ (lat sa mī) — emanation of light supposed to shine from something holy
- Thai: สง่าราศี — emanation of light supposed to shine from something holy
- Thai: รัศมี (rát-sà-mǐi) — emanation of light supposed to shine from something holy
- Thai: แสงเรืองรอง — emanation of light supposed to shine from something holy
- Northern Thai: ᩁᩢᩔ᩠ᨾᩦ — emanation of light supposed to shine from something holy
- Finnish: ilmestys — theology: manifestation of the presence of God
- Bulgarian: радвам се (radvam se) — to exult with joy; to rejoice
- Bulgarian: ликувам (likuvam) — to exult with joy; to rejoice
- German: jubilieren — to exult with joy; to rejoice
- German: jubeln — to exult with joy; to rejoice
- German: auskosten — to exult with joy; to rejoice
- Japanese: 喜ぶ (yorokobu) — to exult with joy; to rejoice
- Latin: glōrior — to exult with joy; to rejoice
- Bulgarian: гордея се (gordeja se) — to boast; to be proud
- Japanese: 誇る (hokoru) — to boast; to be proud
- Latin: glōrior — to boast; to be proud
Real reading context