UrsprungInherited from Old Swedish glosa. Borrowed from Latin glossa. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă). According to SO attested since circa 1600.
- common-gendera (standalone) (foreign) word; a vocabulary word
“Jag har 20 engelska glosor i hemläxa.” — I have 20 English words as homework.
Formerglosa(indefinite, nominative, singular) · glosas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · glosan(definite, nominative, singular) · glosans(definite, genitive, singular) · glosor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · glosors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · glosorna(definite, nominative, plural) · glosornas(definite, genitive, plural)