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la

feminine

/ɡlwaʁ/

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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

Genderfeminine
Pluralgloires

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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This word is part of lesson 40.