FromMiddle English glad gled Old English glæd ( “ shining; bright; cheerful; glad ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *gladaz ( “ shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ- *ǵʰelh₂- ( “ to shine ” ) .
Cognate withScots gled glaid ( “ shining; bright; glad ” ) ,Saterland Frisian glääd ( “ smooth; sleek ” ) ,West Frisian glêd ( “ smooth ” ) ,Dutch glad ( “ smooth; sleek; slippery ” ) ,German glatt ( “ smooth; sleek; slippery ” ) ,Danish Norwegian Swedish glad ( “ glad; happy; cheerful ” ) ,Icelandic glaður ( “ glad; joyful; cheery ” ) ,Latin glaber ( “ smooth; hairless; bald ” ) ,Russian гла́дкий ( gládkij ,“ smooth ” ) .Doublet ofglatt
glad (comparative gladder or moreglad ,superlative gladdest or mostglad )( usually predicative )
Pleased happy ;gratified .I'mglad the rain has finally stopped.
1595 William Shakespeare , “The life and death of King Richard the Second ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act III, scene 2] :Glad am I that your highness is so arm'd / To bear the tidings of calamity.
1909 Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter II, inThe Squire’s Daughter , New York, N.Y.:Dodd, Mead and Company , published1919 ,→OCLC "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'mglad I didn't steal."
( obsolete ) bright orcheerful appearance ;expressing orexciting joy ;producing gladness .1667 John Milton , “Book I”, inParadise Lost. [ … ] [ … ] [Samuel Simmons ], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [ … ] [ a] nd by Robert Boulter [ … ] [ a] nd Matthias Walker, [ … ] →OCLC Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [ … ] , London: Basil Montagu Pickering [ … ] 1873 ,→OCLC Glad Eevening &glad morn crownd the fourth day.
happy, pleased, satisfied
Albanian:gëzuar (sq) Arabic:فَرِح (ar) ( fariḥ ) Azerbaijani:şad (az) Bashkir:шат ( şat ) Belarusian:ра́ды ( rády ) ,шчаслі́вы (be) ( ščaslívy ) ,задаво́лены ( zadavóljeny ) Bulgarian:дово́лен (bg) ( dovólen ) ,охотен (bg) ( ohoten ) ,ра́достен (bg) ( rádosten ) ,склонен (bg) ( sklonen ) ,щастли́в (bg) ( štastlív ) Burmese:ပျော် (my) ( pyau ) ,ဝမ်းသာ (my) ( wam:sa ) Catalan:alegre (ca) ,content (ca) Chamicuro:pya'kijnani Chinese:Cantonese:高興 / 高兴 ( gou1 hing3 ) Mandarin:高興 / 高兴 (zh) ( gāoxìng ) Czech:rád (cs) ,radostný (cs) ,šťastný (cs) Danish:glad (da) Dutch:blij (nl) ,gevallig verheugd (nl) Esperanto:ĝoja Faroese:glaður m glað f Finnish:onnellinen (fi) French:content (fr) ,heureux (fr) German:froh (de) ,fröhlich (de) Greek:χαρούμενος (el) ( charoúmenos ) Hindi:प्रसन्न (hi) ( prasann ) ,ख़ुश ( xuś ) ,मगन (hi) ( magan ) Hungarian:( “to be glad”; a verb ) örül (hu) ,( happy ) boldog (hu) ,( cheerful ) vidám (hu) Icelandic:glaður (is) Interlingua:gaudiose Irish:áthasach áthasúil áthas m ( as a predicative, usually expressed by a construction with the noun ) Italian:lieto (it) ,soddisfatto (it) ,appagato (it) ,compiaciuto (it) Japanese:嬉しい (ja) ( うれしい, ureshii ) Korean:기쁘다 (ko) ( gippeuda ) ,반갑다 (ko) ( ban'gapda ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:پێخۆشحاڵ ( pêxoşḧall ) Lao:ຍິນດີ ( nyin dī ) Latgalian:prīceigs Latin:gāvīsus laetus (la) Latvian:priecīgs (lv) Lithuanian:džiaugsmingas Lü:please add this translation if you can Macedonian:задоволен ( zadovolen ) Maori:uruhau Megleno-Romanian:bucuros Nahuatl:paquini (nah) ,paqui Plautdietsch:froo schaftich Polish:zadowolony (pl) ,usatysfakcjonowany szczęśliwy (pl) ,rad (pl) ,uradowany Portuguese:grato (pt) ,feliz (pt) ,alegre (pt) ,contente (pt) Romanian:bucuros (ro) ,vesel (ro) Russian:счастли́вый (ru) ( sčastlívyj ) ,ра́достный (ru) ( rádostnyj ) ,дово́льный (ru) ( dovólʹnyj ) ,рад (ru) ( rad ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:за̏дово̄љан Roman:zȁdovōljan (sh) Shan:please add this translation if you can Slovak:rád šťastný (sk) Slovene:vesel (sl) Spanish:contento (es) ,chocho (es) ,gustoso (es) ,alegre (es) Swedish:glad (sv) ,nöjd (sv) ,belåten (sv) Tatar:шат (tt) ( şat ) Thai:ดีใจ (th) ( dii-jai ) ,กระหยิ่ม (th) ,กรุ้มกริ่ม (th) ,ชื่น (th) ( chʉ̂ʉn ) ,บันเทิง (th) ( ban-təəng ) ,ปราโมทย์ ปริ่ม (th) ( bprìm ) ,ปรีดา (th) ,ปลื้ม (th) ( bplʉ̂ʉm ) ,ปิติ ( bpì-dtì ) ,หฤหรรษ์ เปรม (th) ( bpreem ) ,โสมนัส Ukrainian:ра́дий ( rádyj ) ,ра́дісний ( rádisnyj ) ,задово́лений ( zadovólenyj ) ,щасли́вий (uk) ( ščaslývyj ) Vietnamese:vui mừng (vi) ,vui lòng (vi) ,vui (vi) Volapük:fredik (vo) Walloon:binåjhe (wa) m or f contin (wa) m Woiwurrung:barbornenin Yiddish:צופֿרידן ( tsufridn ) Zhuang:please add this translation if you can
glad (third-person singular simple present glads present participle gladding simple past and past participle gladded
( archaic , transitive ) Synonyms: cheer up gladden exhilarate 1922 A. E. Housman ,Epithalamium , line 3:God thatglads the lover's heart
Abbreviation ofgladiolus
glad (plural glads
( informal ) gladiolus ( plant ) .2008 The Flower Farmer , page217 :Glads are widely grown as cut flowers both in the United States and abroad.
FromMiddle Breton gloat ( “ kingdom, wealth ” ) , fromProto-Brythonic *gwlad Proto-Celtic *wlatis ( “ sovereignty ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *h₂wélh₁tis ~ *h₂wl̥h₁téy- *h₂welh₁-
glad f plural gladoù
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FromOld Norse glaðr
IPA (key ) : /ˈɡlað/ ,[ˈɡ̊læð] ,[ˈklæð̠˕ˠ] Rhymes:-ad glad (neuter glad plural and definite singular attributive glade comparative gladere superlative (predicative) gladest superlative (attributive) gladeste
happy ,glad FromMiddle Dutch glat Old Dutch *glad Proto-Germanic *gladaz
glad (comparative gladder superlative gladst
smooth ,polished slippery glad
completely ,entirely ( mostly along with verbs and adjective with a negative meaning ) The usage as an adverb is highly restricted to verbs such asvergeten ( “ to forget ” ) andbederven ( “ to spoil, to rot ” ) and adjectives such asmis ( “ wrong, incorrect ” ) andverkeerd ( “ wrong, incorrect ” ) .
FromOld English glæd Proto-West Germanic *glad Proto-Germanic *gladaz
glad
joyful ,merry ,happy FromOld Norse glaðr
glad (neuter singular glad definite singular and plural glade comparative gladere indefinite superlative gladest definite superlative gladeste
happy ,glad “glad” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse glaðr English glad
glad (neuter singular glad definite singular and plural glade comparative gladare indefinite superlative gladast definite superlative gladaste
happy ,glad “glad” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .glād
first / third-person singular preterite indicative ofglīdan FromProto-Germanic *gladaz
glad
glad Positive forms of glad Strong declension singular plural masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter nominative glad glad glad glade glada glada glad glada accusative gladan gladen glada glad glada glade glada glad glada genitive glades gladas gladara gladaro glades gladas gladaro gladoro gladero gladaro gladoro gladero gladaro gladoro gladero dative gladumu gladum gladun gladun gladon gladen gladan gladaro gladaru gladara gladumu gladum gladun gladun gladon gladen gladan gladun gladon gladum gladun gladon gladun gladon gladum Weak declension singular plural masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter nominative glado glada glada glade glada glade gladon gladun gladon gladun gladan gladon gladun accusative gladon gladan gladun gladon gladan glada glade gladon gladun gladon gladun gladan gladon gladun genitive gladen gladan gladun gladan gladen gladen gladan gladono gladeno gladono gladono gladeno dative gladon gladen gladan gladun gladan gladon gladen gladan gladon gladun gladon gladun gladon gladun
Comparative forms of glad (weak only) Weak declension singular plural masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter nominative gladoro gladora gladora gladore gladora gladore gladoron gladorun gladoron gladorun gladoran gladoron gladorun accusative gladoron gladoran gladorun gladoron gladoran gladora gladore gladoron gladorun gladoron gladorun gladoran gladoron gladorun genitive gladoren gladoran gladorun gladoran gladoren gladoren gladoran gladorono gladoreno gladorono gladorono gladoreno dative gladoron gladoren gladoran gladorun gladoran gladoron gladoren gladoran gladoron gladorun gladoron gladorun gladoron gladorun
Superlative forms of glad Strong declension singular plural masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter nominative gladost gladost gladost gladoste gladosta gladosta gladost gladosta accusative gladostan gladosten gladosta gladost gladosta gladoste gladosta gladost gladosta genitive gladostes gladostas gladostara gladostaro gladostes gladostas gladostaro gladostoro gladostero gladostaro gladostoro gladostero gladostaro gladostoro gladostero dative gladostumu gladostum gladostun gladostun gladoston gladosten gladostan gladostaro gladostaru gladostara gladostumu gladostum gladostun gladostun gladoston gladosten gladostan gladostun gladoston gladostum gladostun gladoston gladostun gladoston gladostum Weak declension singular plural masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter nominative gladosto gladosta gladosta gladoste gladosta gladoste gladoston gladostun gladoston gladostun gladostan gladoston gladostun accusative gladoston gladostan gladostun gladoston gladostan gladosta gladoste gladoston gladostun gladoston gladostun gladostan gladoston gladostun genitive gladosten gladostan gladostun gladostan gladosten gladosten gladostan gladostono gladosteno gladostono gladostono gladosteno dative gladoston gladosten gladostan gladostun gladostan gladoston gladosten gladostan gladoston gladostun gladoston gladostun gladoston gladostun
Inherited fromProto-Slavic *goldъ
glȃd f Cyrillic spelling гла̑д
hunger (T)ko radi, neboji se gladi . ―Who works, fearshunger not. “glad ”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal 2006–2025 Inherited fromProto-Slavic *gȏldъ
glȃd m inan
hunger Synonym: lakota “glad Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU , portal Fran “glad Termania , Amebis See also thegeneral references englad smiley somler happy smiley smiling] FromOld Swedish glaþer Old Norse glaðr Proto-Germanic *gladaz Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ- Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- ( “ to shine ” ) .
glad (comparative gladare superlative gladast
happy ,glad Antonym: ledsen Jag blevglad när jag fick klappa den gulliga kaninen och fick en storglass I was [became]happy when I got to pet the cute rabbit and got a big ice cream De blevglada när laget dehejade They were [became]happy when the team they were rooting for won vara påglatt humör be in ahappy mood englad nyhet a piece ofhappy news ( somewhat colloquial , withi ( “ in ” ) ) fond of Near-synonym: svår på varaglad i kvinnor / sprit befond of women / alcohol [liquor] Jag ärglad i dig I amfond of you [implies romantically] 1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.2 Dated or archaic.3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
