glossary
/ˈɡlɔs.ə.ɹi/UK/ˈɡlɒs.ə.ɹi/
glossary noun: a list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).
Noun
glossary (plural glossaries)
glossary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
glossary in Hindi
- glossary, vocabulary
- शब्दसंग्रह śabdasaṅgrah
glossary in Tamil
- சொல்லடைவு, சொற்களஞ்சியம், அருஞ்சொற்பொருள் பட்டியல், பதவுரை, அரும்பதவுரை
glossary in Urdu
- فرہنگ, فہرست الفاظ
glossary in Bengali
- টিপ্পনি
More languagesFewer languages
- glossary in Telugu
- పదకోశం, పదకోశము
- glossary in Malayalam
- പദാവലി padāvali
- glossary in Kannada
- ಲಘುಶಬ್ದಕೋಶ, ಕ್ಲಿಷ್ಟ ಶಬ್ದಾರ್ಥಕೋಶ, ಪಾರಿಭಾಷಿಕ ಕ್ಲಿಷ್ಟ ಪದಗಳ ಸಂಗ್ರಹ, ಶಬ್ದಕೋಶ
- glossary in Punjabi
- ਗਲੋਜ਼ਰੀ
- glossary in Sanskrit
- निघण्टु nighaṇṭu
- glossary in Sinhala
- ගැටපද විවරණය
- glossary in Tagalog
- talaturingan, talahuluganan
- glossary in Arabic
- مَسْرَد masrad
- glossary in Malay
- glosari
- glossary in Indonesian
- glosarium, daftar istilah
- glossary in Persian
- واژهنامه vāženāme
- glossary in Vietnamese
- bảng chú giải
Examples of glossary in a sentence
- In their glossary, they were using a convention where the words were in blue font and the abbreviations and other nonwords were in purple font.
- The novel includes a glossary of ayʔaǰuθɛm words, aided by their English translation and pronunciation guide.
- I refer to the sinister glossaries appended to sixteenth-century accounts of criminals and vagabonds.
Synonyms of glossary
Forms of glossary
| plural | glossaries |
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Origin of glossary
From Middle English glosarie, from Latin glossārium, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”). Doublet of glossarium.
Words formed from glossary
Questions about glossary
- What does glossary mean?
- Glossary means a list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).
- What is glossary in Hindi?
- Glossary in Hindi is शब्दसंग्रह (śabdasaṅgrah). See Glossary meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is glossary?
- Glossary is a noun.
- How do you pronounce glossary?
- Glossary is pronounced /ˈɡlɒs.ə.ɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of glossary?
- The plural of glossary is glossaries.
Words near glossary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: glossary (page history and authors); शब्दसंग्रह (Hindi) (page history and authors); glossary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glossary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glossary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glossary (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glossary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glossary (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); निघण्टु (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); glossary (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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