gloss in Russian
gloss in Russian is блеск, гля́нец, гло́сса — gloss means a shiny, polished surface.
gloss in Russian
блеск
Pronounced: blesk
A surface shine or luster.
гля́нец
Pronounced: glyanets
A surface shine or luster.
гло́сса
Pronounced: glossa
(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.
глосса
Pronounced: glossa
(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.
блеск
Pronounced: blesk
(figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.
лоск
Pronounced: losk
(figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.
наводи́ть гля́нец
Pronounced: navodit glyanets
(transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
наводи́ть лоск
Pronounced: navodit losk
(transitive) To make (something) attractive by deception
лосни́ться
Pronounced: losnitsya
(intransitive) To become shiny.
What does "gloss" mean?
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noun A shiny, polished surface.
"The lip gloss gave her lips a subtle shine."
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noun An impressive appearance that hides something less impressive underneath.
"Beneath the glossy marketing gloss, the product barely worked."
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verb (usually "gloss over") To skim past or downplay a problem instead of properly addressing it.
"The report glossed over the project's biggest failures."
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noun A brief note explaining a difficult or foreign word, often placed in the margin or between the lines of a text.
"The scholar added glosses in the margin to explain the archaic Latin terms."
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gloss in a sentence
- The lip gloss gave her lips a subtle shine.
- Beneath the glossy marketing gloss, the product barely worked.
- The report glossed over the project's biggest failures.
- The scholar added glosses in the margin to explain the archaic Latin terms.
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What is "gloss" in Russian?
"gloss" in Russian is блеск, гля́нец, гло́сса. gloss means: A shiny, polished surface.
How do you pronounce блеск?
"gloss" in Russian is блеск, pronounced "blesk".
How do you use "gloss" in a sentence?
Example: "The lip gloss gave her lips a subtle shine." In Russian, "gloss" is блеск, гля́нец, гло́сса.
Are there other ways to say "gloss" in Russian?
Yes — Russian has 8 translations listed for "gloss": блеск, гля́нец, гло́сса, глосса, лоск, наводи́ть гля́нец.
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