Translation
glass (for drinking), tumbler
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Word origin
From German Glas and English glass, a Germanic word for the material that Esperanto reserves for the drinking vessel only.
- Origin
- German
- Root
- Glas
- English cognates
- glass
Examples
, .
Give me a glass of water, please.
.
He drank a glass of wine at the table.
is.
The glass fell off the table and broke.
is only ever the thing you drink from; the see-through material is , so a window is made of and never of . English speakers trip on this constantly, since English lets one word do both jobs. Measure with : is a glass of water, while would be a glass belonging to the water, which is a strange thing for water to own.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 12, lesson 8: glaso, reala, nuntempe and 7 more words.