glajă

English translation: glæs

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Romanian term or phrase:glajă
English translation:glæs
Entered by: adinag

09:24 Oct 17, 2014
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
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Romanian term or phrase: glajă
Placă subțire de sticlă (I) cu care se închide cadrul ferestrelor, al unor uși, cu care se acoperă tablourile etc.; geam.

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glajă, capac de lemn, ramă băițuită, cu șforț...
adinag
Local time: 13:46
glæs
Explanation:
Poate vreţi aşa, un arhaism.

From Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, possibly related root *glōaną (“to shine”) (compare glow), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”); cognate with West Frisian glês, Low German Glas, Dutch glas, German Glas, Icelandic gler.


Origin

Old English glæs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch glas and German Glas.
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Adela Porumbel
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Local time: 13:46
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glæs


Explanation:
Poate vreţi aşa, un arhaism.

From Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, possibly related root *glōaną (“to shine”) (compare glow), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”); cognate with West Frisian glês, Low German Glas, Dutch glas, German Glas, Icelandic gler.


Origin

Old English glæs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch glas and German Glas.


    Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glass
    Reference: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/glass
Adela Porumbel
Romania
Local time: 13:46
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bottle, glass
glajă


Explanation:
glajă este un regionalism din zona Ardealului si este (era) folosit pentru sticla, recipient sau sticla de lampă. Poate fi tradus fie cu bottle, fie cu glass, depinde de context.

Example sentence(s):
  • În pivnița casei, au gasit o glajă veche de vin. They found an old bottle of wine in the basement of the house.
icahadassa
Romania
Local time: 13:46
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
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