glamour

== English == === Alternative forms === glamor (US) === Etymology === Borrowed from Scots glamour (“magic”), alteration of Middle English gramere (“grammar”), from Old French gramaire. Doublet of glamoury, gramarye, grammar, and grimoire. A connection has also been suggested with Old Norse glámr (“the moon", also "the name of a ghost”, poetic byname, literally “the pale one”) and glámsýni (“glamour, illusion”, literally “glam-sight”). From Grettir's Saga aka Grettis Saga, one of the Sagas of Icelanders, after the hero has been cursed by Glam, aka Glamr: "...he was become so fearsome a man in the dark, that he durst go nowhither alone after nightfall, for then he seemed to see all kinds of horrors. And that has fallen since into a proverb, that "Glam lends eyes", or gives Glamsight to those who see things nowise as they are." === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlæmə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡlæmɚ/ Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ) === Noun === glamour (countable and uncountable, plural glamours) (uncountable) Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seem beauteous. (uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal). glamour magazines; a glamour model (uncountable) Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing. Any artificial interest in, or association with, objects, or persons, through which they appear delusively magnified or glorified. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are. (countable) An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance. (slang, countable) A beautiful woman. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === glamour (third-person singular simple present glamours, present participle glamouring, simple past and past participle glamoured) (transitive) To enchant; to bewitch. Synonyms: beglammer, englamour, witch; see also Thesaurus:enchant ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “Glámr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press == Danish == === Etymology === From English glamour. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡlamuːr/, [ɡ̊laˈmuːɐ̯] or IPA(key): /ɡlamɔr/, [ˈɡ̊lamɒ] === Noun === glamour c (singular definite glamouren, not used in plural form) glamour ==== Derived terms ==== glamourisere glamourøs == Finnish == === Etymology === From French glamour. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑmour/, [ˈɡlɑ̝mo̞ur] Rhymes: -ɑmour Syllabification(key): gla‧mo‧ur Hyphenation(key): gla‧mo‧ur === Noun === glamour glamour (alluring beauty or charm) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “glamour”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Noun === glamour m (uncountable) glamour === Adjective === glamour (invariable) glamorous == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English glamour. === Noun === glamour m (definite singular glamouren) glamour ==== Related terms ==== glamorøs === References === “glamour” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From English glamour. ==== Noun ==== glamour m (definite singular glamouren) glamour ===== Related terms ===== glamorøs ==== References ==== “glamour” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Etymology 2 === Unadapted borrowing from English glamour, with the pronunciation influenced by French. Doublet of gramática and grimório. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== glamour m (uncountable) glamor Synonyms: charme, encanto ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “glamour”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “glamour”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “glamour”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026 “glamour”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “glamour”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English glamour, or from French initially but ultimately from English. === Pronunciation === From French etymology: IPA(key): /ɡlaˈmuɾ/ [ɡlaˈmuɾ] Rhymes: -uɾ Syllabification: gla‧mour From English etymology: IPA(key): /ˈɡlamouɾ/ [ˈɡla.mou̯ɾ], /ˈɡlamoɾ/ [ˈɡla.moɾ], /ˈɡlamuɾ/ [ˈɡla.muɾ] Rhymes: -amouɾ, -amoɾ, -amuɾ Syllabification: gla‧mour === Noun === glamour m (uncountable) alternative spelling of glamur ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “glamour”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === glamour c (definite singular glamouren) (uncountable) glamour