sheen

English

Etymology

From Middle English shene, from Old English scīene (“beautiful, fair, bright, brilliant, light”), from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱoun- (“quick, dashing, beautiful”). Cognate with Dutch schoon (“clean, beautiful, fair”), German schön (“beautiful”), Danish skjøn (“beautiful”), Swedish skön (“beautiful, fine”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: shēn, IPA: /ʃiːn/, SAMPA: /Si:n/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

Wikipedia

sheen (comparative more sheen, superlative most sheen)

1. beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.

Noun

sheen (plural sheens)

1. splendor; radiance; shininess.

Translations

splendor; radiance; shininess

Dutch: glans (nl) m., glittering (nl) f. Esperanto: brilo (eo) Finnish: loiste (fi), kiilto (fi), hohto (fi)

French: brillance (fr) German: Glanz (de) m. Spanish: brillo (es) m.

Verb

sheen (third-person singular simple present sheens, present participle sheening, simple past and past participle sheened)

1. To shine; to glisten.

Translations

shine; glisten

Dutch: glanzen (nl), glitteren (nl), glimmen (nl) Finnish: loistaa (fi), kiiltää (fi), hohtaa (fi)

French: briller (fr)