gaze

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English gasen; akin to Swedish dialectal gasa and Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usgaisjan, “to terrify”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡeɪz/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɡæɪz/ Rhymes: -eɪz Homophone: gays (pane–pain merger) === Verb === gaze (third-person singular simple present gazes, present participle gazing, simple past and past participle gazed) (intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly. (transitive, poetic) To stare at. ==== Synonyms ==== gape, stare, muse ==== Troponyms ==== (to stare intently): ogle ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === gaze (plural gazes) A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention. Synonym: regard (archaic) The object gazed on. (psychoanalysis) In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed. (media, usually in compounds) The framework in which a subject is presented, determined by the biases of the creator and/or audience. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === upgaze === References === == Albanian == === Alternative forms === gazra === Noun === gaze indefinite nominative/accusative plural of gaz == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaz/ ~ /ɡɑz/ Homophones: gaz, gazes, gazent === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”) ==== Noun ==== gaze f (plural gazes) gauze ===== Descendants ===== → English: gauze → Danish: gaze → Dutch: gaas → German: Gaze → Polish: gaza → Russian: газ (gaz) → Scots: gais, gaes === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== gaze inflection of gazer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “gaze”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Verb === gaze alternative form of gasen == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -azi, -azɨ Hyphenation: ga‧ze === Noun === gaze f (plural gazes) gauze (thin fabric with open weave) gauze (cotton fabric used as surgical dressing) === Further reading === “gaze”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “gaze”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡaze] === Noun === gaze n indefinite plural of gaz