shiny

English

Pronunciation

enPR: shī'nē, IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɪ.ni/
- Audio (UK): (file)
- Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪni

Etymology 1

From shine +‎ -y (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

shiny (comparative shinier or more shiny, superlative shiniest or most shiny)

Reflecting light.
Coordinate terms: glossy, glassy

Antonyms: dull, flat, matte
- 1920, Will Payne, The Scarred Chin, page 130:
  He was wearing a new, fawn-coloured summer suit and a new straw hat—his trousers the creasiest and his shoes the shiniest. Yet he seemed not to be taking the usual infantile satisfaction in a very smart, correct costume.
- 2011, Ronke Luke-Boone, African Fabrics: Sewing Contemporary Fashion with Ethic Flair:
  Commercially produced yarn, such as rayon, produces a cloth with a smoother, shinier look than hand-spun cotton, but the uneven, rugged look of hand-spun cotton can be quite appealing.
Emitting light.
Antonym: dark
(colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
- 2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, →ISBN, page 132:
  We're shiny, Okay?
(obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
- 1665, John Dryden, Verses to her Royal Highness the Duchess [of York]:
  Like distant thunder on a shiny day.
- The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)
  When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire
  Full well I served my master for nigh on seven years
  Till I took up to poaching as you shall quickly hear
  Oh, 'tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year.

Derived terms

Related terms

sunshiny

Translations

reflecting light

Arabic: بَرَّاق (barrāq), لَامِع (lāmiʕ)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: parlaq (az)
Bashkir: ялтыр (yaltır)
Bulgarian: блестящ (bg) (blestjašt)
Catalan: lluent (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有光澤的／有光泽的 (zh) (yǒu guāngzé de)
Dutch: glanzend (nl), glimmend (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kiiltävä (fi)
French: brillant (fr) m
Galician: relucente (gl)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: glänzend (de)
Irish: lonrach
Italian: luccicante (it)
Jarai: lơluih
Khmer: ភ្លឺចាំង (phlɨɨ-cang)
Latvian: dzidrs, gaišs, spodrs, spīdīgs, spožs
Mongolian: гөлгөр (mn) (gölgör)
Ottoman Turkish: چیل (çil)
Persian: درخشان (fa) (deraxšân)
Plautdietsch: blank, blenkjrich
Polish: błyszczący (pl)
Portuguese: reluzente (pt)
Romanian: strălucitor (ro)
Russian: блестя́щий (ru) (blestjáščij)
Scottish Gaelic: gleansach
Spanish: reluciente (es), refulgente (es)
Swedish: skinande (sv), glittrande (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: parlak (tr)
Vietnamese: bóng (vi)
Waigali: pëlëkënë

emitting light

Bulgarian: светещ (svetešt)
Catalan: brillant (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 閃光的／闪光的 (zh) (shǎnguāng de)
Finnish: loistava (fi)
French: brillant (fr) m
Galician: brillante (gl)
German: leuchtend (de), funkelnd (de)
Italian: brillante (it), luminoso (it), splendente (it)
Ottoman Turkish: چیل (çil)
Portuguese: brilhante (pt)
Spanish: brillante (es)
Swedish: lysande (sv)
Turkish: ışıldayan

excellent

Bulgarian: блестящ (bg) (blestjašt)
Catalan: brillant (ca)
Finnish: loistava (fi)
German: wunderbar (de)
Italian: brillante (it)
Mandarin: 出众 (zh) (chūzhòng)
Turkish: fevkalade (tr), olağanüstü (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} blinkend (nl)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} lucente (it), ^{(please verify)} rilucente (it), ^{(please verify)} scintillante (it)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} fulgēns
Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} makintab

Etymology 2

From shine +‎ -y (noun suffix).

Noun

shiny (plural shinies)

(informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.
(slang) Contraction of disparaging term "shiny arses", originating during World War Two, to describe a desk worker.[1]