la
/ɡlwaʁ/
Translation
glory, fame
Word origin
From Latin gloria ('fame, renown, praise'). It reached French directly from Latin, and English borrowed 'glory' from Old French in the same period.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- gloria
- English cognates
- glory, glorious, glorify
Grammar
Examples
.
He tasted fame at twenty.
l' .
That player is one of the club's old greats.
, l'.
She works for the glory, not for the money.
l' .
Military glory held no interest for him.
' glorieux, ' .
It is not very glorious, but glory was not the point.
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