sheen
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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 Scots schene, scheine (“beautiful, fair, attractive”), Dutch schoon (“clean, beautiful, fair”), German schön (“beautiful”), Danish skøn (“beautiful”), Swedish skön (“beautiful, fine”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian hir (“grace, blessing, goodwill”), Finnish kaunis (“beautiful”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
sheen (comparative more sheen, superlative most sheen)
Noun [edit]
sheen (plural sheens)
Translations [edit]
splendor; radiance; shininess
Verb [edit]
sheen (third-person singular simple present sheens, present participle sheening, simple past and past participle sheened)