glisten

English

Etymology

From Old English glisnian.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪsən

Verb

glisten (third-person singular simple present glistens, present participle glistening, simple past and past participle glistened)

1. (intransitive) to reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash

Translations

to reflect light with a glittering luster

• Arabic: لمع (ar) (láma3a)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輝耀 (cmn), 辉耀 (cmn) (huīyào), 閃光 (cmn), 闪光 (cmn) (shǎnguāng), 閃耀 (cmn), 闪耀 (cmn) (shǎnyào)

• Finnish: kimmeltää (fi), kimaltaa (fi), kimallella (fi)
• French: reluire (fr)
• German: glitzern (de), glänzen (de), gleißen (de)
• Hindi: चमकना (hi) (ćamaknā)

• Hungarian: csillog (hu)
• Japanese: 光る (ja) (ひかる, hikaru), 輝く (ja) (かがやく, kagayaku)
• Persian: برق زدن (fa)
• Polish: błyszczeć (pl)
• Portuguese: reluzir (pt)
• Russian: блестеть (ru) (blestét’) impf., блеснуть (ru) (blesnút’) pf., сверкать (ru) (sverkát’) impf., сверкнуть (ru) (sverknút’) pf.
• Spanish: relucir (es)

Noun

glisten (uncountable)

1. A glittering shine; a scintillation, sparkle or flash.

Translations

glittering shine

• Finnish: kimmellys (fi), kimallus (fi)

Anagrams

• niglets, singlet, sniglet, tingles