glide

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
2. (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
3. (transitive) To cause to glide.
4. To pass with a glide, as the voice.

Noun

1. The act of gliding.
2. A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
3. An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
4. A bird, the glede or kite.
5. A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
6. The joining of two sounds without a break.
7. A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.

Concepts

glisser

planer

passer sans bruit

semi-voyelle

sombrer (dans)

semi-consonne

se glisser

coulisser

Le vol à voile

le vol à voile

Semi-voyelle

couler

semi-voyelles

déraper

évoluer

patiner

s’envoler

vol à voile

vol plané

voler dans l’air

Synonymes

slide

slip

soar

float

semivowel

sail

coast

gliding

drift

fly

✈️

skim

creep

slither

skate

sweep

sailplaning

bob

slide down

trickle

soaring

let something slip

glissade

hover

move

pass

plane

run

sailing

scud

skid

skitter

slip down

sneak

sway

volplane

move slowly

move gently

ice skate

⛸️

gliding flight

breeze

slip off

flying

slue

slip along

flow

drag up

stroll

strut

submarine

swagger

Traductions

gleiten

deslizar

deslizarse

planear

glijden

escorregar

scivolare

planare

planar

lliscar

resbalar

slippen

resvalar

scorrere

rutschen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡlaɪd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: gliden

Hérité de ancien anglais: glīdan

Appartenant à frison occidental: glide

Appartenant à bas-allemand: glieden

Appartenant à néerlandais: glijden

Appartenant à allemand: gleiten

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: gli

Appartenant à danois: glide

Appartenant à suédois: glida

Appartenant à finnois: liitää

In summary

From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleydʰ-.
Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.

Phrases

This creates an aerofoil enabling them to glide or more .

Cela crée un aérofilage leur permettant de glisser ou plus.