glaze
/ɡleɪz/noun, verb
glaze is spelled G-L-A-Z-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glaze means “The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glaze is glazes.
How many letters and syllables are in glaze?
| Letters | 5: G-L-A-Z-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,101st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is glaze?
Glaze appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce glaze?
- /ɡleɪz/
Glaze has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-glaze.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of glaze
- glazes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- glazing participle, present
- glazed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glaze mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
- 2
A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
- 3
A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
- 4
Any smooth, transparent layer or coating.
- 5
A smooth edible coating applied to food.
- 6
Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
- 7
A glazing oven; glost oven.
- 8
A window.
verb
- 1
To install windows.
- 2
To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
to glaze a doughnut
- 3
To become glazed or glassy.
- 4
Of eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over.
- 5
slangvulgarTo ejaculate onto someone's body.
- 6
derogatoryslangvulgarTo compliment or praise excessively in a cringeworthy way.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Glaze in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | glaçure, émail , glacis , glaçage , givre , vitrer |
| German | Glasur , Lasur , Reif, Raureif , glasieren, lasieren |
| Portuguese | esmalte , veladura, velatura , glacê |
| Spanish | esmalte, frita, vidriado , veladura, barniz , glasé |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does glaze come from?
From Middle English glasen, from glas (“glass”) (Modern English glass), from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Related to glazen. In the sense of "overcompliment", originated in November 2021 and popularized throughout 2022, and may suggest either the spattering of semen on the complimented person, following "the visual of a donut being glazed", or sugarcoating without sexual connotation. The noun is from the verb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).