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glas

Pronunciation: /ɣlɑs/

“glas” is a Dutch word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. glass (material)
  2. glass (vessel)
  3. glass (quantity)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch glas, from Old Dutch glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Compare Low German Glas, German Glas, English glass, West Frisian glês, Icelandic gler.

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