flimmer

English

Etymology

From blend of flicker +‎ glimmer.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈflɪmə(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈflɪmɚ/
Rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ)

Noun

flimmer (plural flimmers)

A flickering glimmer.^[1]^[2]
One of the delicate lateral filaments typical of some flagella. (mastigoneme)^[1]

Verb

flimmer (third-person singular simple present flimmers, present participle flimmering, simple past and past participle flimmered)

(intransitive) To glimmer, flicker.
Synonyms: twinkle, flicker, glimmer

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “flimmer”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future‎^[1], Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from flimra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈflɪmːer/

Noun

flimmer n

flickering
(in some compounds) fibrillation

Declension

Declension of flimmer
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	flimmer	flimret	—	—
Genitive	flimmers	flimrets	—	—

Derived terms

förmaksflimmer (“atrial fibrillation”)

Related terms

flimra (“to flicker”)

References

[Websters-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “flimmer”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

[BackgroundOfBlending-2] Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future‎^[1], Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225

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