glade en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɡleɪd/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English glade, glode, glede (“a gleam of light, bright space, an open space; an open or cleared space in a forest; a bright patch of sky; a bright surface of snow or ice”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old English *glǣd, *glād, related to Old English glæd (“shining, bright”), (compare Old Norse glaðr (“bright”)).
Meanings
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An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
[…] and meads and glades so eternally vernal, that the grass shot up by the spring, untrodden, unwilted, remains at midsummer.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 22”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:[…] are creating more "glades," or cleared trails through the woods, for less experienced (blue) skiers. They're a throwback to the first days of skiing, before resorts cut wide swaths of trees, and machines rolled and packed the snow.
2003 November 23, Newsweek, Travel, In The Trees:
- (colloquial) An everglade.
- An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
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A bright surface of ice or snow.
a glade of ice
- (obsolete) A gleam of light.
- (obsolete) A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| glades | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Belle Glade · gladed · glady · gladelike · moonglade · Gladeville · Gladesville · Glade Valley · sunglade
Synonyms
Translations (78)
ru прота́лина (open space in ice) · ru поля́на (open space in the woods) · uk галя́вина (open space in the woods) · mk чистина (open space in the woods) · es calvero (open space in the woods) · hu irtás (open space in the woods) · hy բացատ (open space in the woods) · gl baganta (open space in the woods) · lt proguma (open space in the woods) · fi lumikenttä (bright surface of snow or ice) · nl loo (open space in the woods) · sl jasa (open space in the woods) · crh alan (open space in the woods) · sl čistina (open space in the woods) · fi jääkenttä (bright surface of snow or ice) · sh чистина (open space in the woods) · be паля́на (open space in the woods) · ca clar (open space in the woods) · cs paseka (open space in the woods) · et lagendik (open space in the woods) · fi aukea (open space in the woods) · it radura (open space in the woods) · fr clairière (open space in the woods) · gd glac (open space in the woods) · ga ceapach (open space in the woods) · sk paseka (open space in the woods) · tr açıklık (open space in the woods) · fi sula (open space in ice) · uk поля́на (open space in the woods) · ja 空地 (open space in the woods) · lt proskyna (open space in the woods) · lv izcirtums (open space in the woods) · ba аҡлан (open space in the woods) · sk čistina (open space in the woods) · sh krčevina (open space in the woods) · nl tra (open space in the woods) · de Lichtung (open space in the woods) · hu tisztás (open space in the woods) · sv vak (open space in ice) · bg поля́на (open space in the woods) · tl lawag (open space in the woods) · lt retmė (open space in the woods) · gd blàran coille (open space in the woods) · uk поля́вина (open space in the woods) · enm launde (open space in the woods) · ja （林間の）空き地 (open space in the woods) · gl calvelo (open space in the woods) · uk галя́ва (open space in the woods) · cs mýtina (open space in the woods) · vi trảng (open space in the woods) · da lysning (open space in the woods) · gl murria (open space in ice) · az tala (open space in the woods) · sh čistina (open space in the woods) · nl laar (open space in the woods) · ro poiană (open space in the woods) · nl wak (open space in ice) · cy llannerch (open space in the woods) · no glenne (open space in the woods) · is rjóður (open space in the woods) · fi avanto (open space in ice) · bg про́сека (open space in the woods) · liv lagdõ (open space in the woods) · gl clareira (open space in the woods) · fi kenttä (bright surface of snow or ice) · sv glänta (open space in the woods) · ga réiteach (open space in the woods) · ru прога́лина (open space in the woods) · pt clareira (open space in the woods) · liv mõtsālagdõ (open space in the woods) · cmn 林間空地 /林间空地 (open space in the woods) · pl polana (open space in the woods) · vec frata (open space in the woods) · uk проталина (open space in ice) · sh proplanak (open space in the woods) · ko 빈터 (open space in the woods) · tr kayran (open space in the woods) · ga plásóg choille (open space in the woods)