glimmer

English

WOTD - 30 November 2006    

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɡlɪmə(r)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɡlɪmɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪmə(r)

Noun

glimmer (plural glimmers)

1. A faint light; a dim glow.

   The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.

2. A flash of light.
3. A faint or remote possibility.

   A glimmer of hope.

Synonyms

• (flash of light): sparkle

Translations

a faint light

Finnish: pilkahdus (fi), pilke (fi), tuike (fi) French: lueur (fr) f.

Norwegian: skimmer (no) n.

a flash of light

Finnish: valonpilkahdus (fi) Kurdish: Sorani: تروسکه‌ (ku) (truska)

Norwegian: glimt (no) n.

a faint or remote possibility

Finnish: valonpilkahdus (fi), väre (fi), kipinä (fi) French: lueur (fr) f.

Norwegian: glimt (no) n., anelse (no) m.

Verb

glimmer (third-person singular simple present glimmers, present participle glimmering, simple past and past participle glimmered)

1. (intransitive) To shine with a faint light.

   The fireflies glimmered in the dark.

Synonyms

• (shine with faint light): flicker, shimmer

Translations

shine with faint light

Finnish: tuikkia (fi), kajastaa (fi) French: émettre une lueur

German: glimmern Norwegian: glimte, skimre, blinke

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Derived from glimre (“glitter, glisten, sparkle”). Definition 2 is from German. Has also undergone influence from English.

Noun

(uncountable) glimmer m. - glimmeren (singular definite)

1. (literary and formal) magnificence, glitter, tinsel, something that shines

   Rikdommens glimmer

   The tinsel of wealth

2. mica

   Glimmer er et mineral som lett spaltes i tynne flak.

   Mica is a mineral that easily separates into thin leaves

Derived terms

• Lys glimmer = white mica (literally: "bright mica")

Synonyms

• glans, prakt, herlighet
• kråkesølv, mica, mikanitt

References

• “glimmer” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “glimmer” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Derived from glimre (“glitter, glisten, sparkle”), with influence from English. The definition is from German.

Noun

(uncountable) glimmer m. - glimmeren (singular definite)

1. mica

   Glimmer er eit mineral som lett spaltast i tynne flak.

   Mica is a mineral that easily separates into thin leaves

Derived terms

• Lys glimmer = white mica (literally: "bright mica")

Synonyms

• kråkesølv, mica, mikanitt

References

• “glimmer” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.