glitter

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡlɪtə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪtə(r)
• (US) IPA: [ˈɡlɪɾəɹ]

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Noun

glitter (plural glitters)

1. A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.
2. A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.

Translations

bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy

• Armenian: փայլ (hy) (p’ayl)
• Finnish: välke (fi), kimallus (fi), säihke (fi), kimmellys (fi)
• Icelandic: glitur (is) n

• Japanese: きらめき (ja) (kirameki)
• Polish: blask (pl) m
• Russian: блеск (ru) (blesk) m
• Ukrainian: блиск (uk) (blysk) m, сяйво (uk) (sjájvo) n

shiny, decoractive adornment

• Finnish: koristehile (fi), kimalle (fi)

• Swedish: glitter (sv) n

Verb

glitter (third-person singular simple present glitters, present participle glittering, simple past and past participle glittered)

1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.
2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court.

Translations

to sparkle with light

• Arabic: برق (ar) (báraqa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 閃耀 (cmn), 闪耀 (cmn) (shǎnyào)

• Dutch: schitteren (nl)
• Finnish: säihkyä (fi), välkehtiä (fi), kiiltää (fi), kimmeltää (fi), kimaltaa (fi)
• French: briller (fr)
• German: glitzern (de)

• Icelandic: glitra (is)
• Japanese: 輝く (ja) (かがやく, kagayaku)
• Polish: błyszczeć (pl), błyszczeć się (pl), lśnić (pl), połyskiwać (pl)
• Russian: блестеть (ru) (blestét’) impf., блеснуть (ru) (blesnút’) pf., сверкать (ru) (sverkát’) impf., сверкнуть (ru) (sverknút’) pf.
• Slovene: blesteti (sl)
• Swedish: glittra (sv)
• Ukrainian: блищати (uk) (blyščáty), сяяти (uk) (sjájaty)
• Volapük: glimön (vo)

to be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive

• Finnish: säihkyä (fi)

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Swedish

Noun

glitter n (uncountable)

1. glitter; a shiny, decorative adornment

Declension

Declension of glitter

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	glitter	glittret
genitive	glitters	glittrets

Related terms

• glittra
• glittrig