-glosse
French, suffix/ɡlɔs/
-glosse is spelled G-L-O-S-S-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written French, the 202,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -glosse is a French suffix meaning “tongue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suffixe employé pour former des adjectifs ou noms communs ayant un rapport avec la langue”.
What does -glosse mean in English?
suffix
- 1
tongue
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue des insectes hyménoptères et diptères. 2. Mollusque qui habite la coquille appelée isocarde. 3. Pénétration en forme de langue horizontale d’un horizon dans un autre.
suffix: 1. Suffixe employé pour former des adjectifs ou noms communs ayant un rapport avec la langue.
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 -glosse
- glosses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -glosse?
- /ɡlɔs/
- \ɡlɔs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is -glosse in French?
-glosse appears about once in every 41 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).