Etymology
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From eye + blink. Cognate with Afrikaans oomblik, Dutch ogenblik, German Augenblick, German Low German Ogenblick.
eyeblink (plural eyeblinks)
- An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
- (idiomatic) A moment (a very short period of time).
Synonyms
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Translations
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act of blinking one's eyelids one time
- Arabic: رَمْشَة f (ramša)
- Azerbaijani: qırpım sg
- Bulgarian: мигане (bg) n (migane), примигване (bg) n (primigvane)
- Danish: blink n
- Finnish: silmänräpäys (fi), silmänräpäytys sg
- French: clignement (fr) m
- Georgian: ახამხამებს sg (axamxamebs)
- German: (schneller) Blick der Augen m, Wimpernschlag (de) m, Lidschlag (de) m, Augenschlag m, Blinzeln n
- Italian: battito di ciglia m
- Korean: 눈깜박임 (nunkkambagim)
- Portuguese: piscada f, piscadela (pt) f
- Romanian: clipire (ro) f, clipit (ro) n
- Russian: морга́ние (ru) n (morgánije), мига́ние (ru) n (migánije)
- Swedish: blink c, blink n
- Turkish: göz kırpma
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moment (a very short period of time)
- Afrikaans: oomblik (af)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 眨眼 (zh) (zhǎyǎn), 瞬間／瞬间 (zh) (shùnjiān)
- Danish: øjeblik (da) n
- Dutch: ogenblik (nl) n
- Finnish: silmänräpäys (fi)
- French: clin d’œil (fr) m
- German: Augenblick (de) m, Wimpernschlag (de) m, Augenschlag m
- Hindi: पलक (hi) (palak)
- Hungarian: szempillantás (hu)
- Japanese: 瞬目 (shunmoku, shunboku, mabataki), あっという間 (ja) (あっというま, a-tto iu ma)
- Korean: 한순간 (ko) (hansun'gan)
- Low German:
- German Low German: Ogenblick m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: øyeblikk (no) n
- Nynorsk: augeblikk n, augneblikk n, augeblink n, augneblink n, augeblunk n, augneblunk n
- Polish: okamgnienie (pl) n
- Portuguese: piscar de olhos m
- Romanian: clipă (ro) f, clipită (ro) f
- Russian: мгнове́ние о́ка (ru) n (mgnovénije óka), мгнове́ние (ru) n (mgnovénije)
- Swedish: ögonblick (sv) n
- Turkish: an (tr) sg
- Urdu: پلک
- Yiddish: אויגנבליק (yi) m (oygnblik)
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