gloss in Finnish

A surface shine or luster.

(countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.

(figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.

(transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.

(transitive) To add a gloss to (a text).