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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gley

/ɡleɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables
gley
IPA
/ɡleɪ/
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.

verb

To be converted into this kind of soil.

verb

To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.

Example Sentences

Etymology

1920s, from Ukrainian ґлей (glej, “clayey soil”), from Proto-Slavic *glьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁y-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Cognate of clay.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ґлей, *glьjь, *gl̥h₁y-ó-s, *gleh₁y-

Inflected Forms

gleys (plural) glei (alternative) gleys (present, singular) gleying (participle, present) gleyed (participle, past) gleyed (past)

Derived Forms

gleization gleyed gleied gleyic gleying gleiing gleysolic pseudogley

Frequently Paired Words

agley

Synonyms

gleysol gleisol

Rhymes With

they me way may day say all-day away play day by day today pay

Questions

How do you pronounce gley?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡleɪ/.
What does gley mean?
A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
Where does gley come from?
It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

How to pronounce gley

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