glaire
French, noun/ɡlɛʁ/
glaire is spelled G-L-A-I-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 75,533rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glaire is a French feminine noun meaning “phlegm, mucus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Blanc d’œuf non cuit”.
What does glaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfeminineegg white, glair
- 2
femininephlegm, mucus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Blanc d’œuf non cuit. 2. Liquide visqueux, inodore, filant comme du blanc d’œuf, sécrété par les muqueuses dans certaines affections.
adjective: 1. Maculé de glaire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of glaire
- glaires plural
- glairés plural masculine
- glairée singular feminine
- glairées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce glaire?
- /ɡlɛʁ/
- \ɡlɛʁ\
- \ɡlɛ.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to glaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is glaire in French?
glaire appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).