shiny

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: shī'nē, IPA: /ˈʃaɪni/, X-SAMPA: /"SaIni/

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• Rhymes: -aɪni

Etymology

shine +‎ -y

Adjective

shiny (comparative shinier or more shiny, superlative shiniest or most shiny)

1. Reflecting light.
   • Futurama:

     Bender: Bite my shiny metal ass!

2. Emitting light.
3. (colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
4. (obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Dryden

     Like distant thunder on a shiny day.

   • The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)

     When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire
     Full well I served my master for nigh on seven years
     Till I took up to poaching as you shall quickly hear
     Oh, 'tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year.

Derived terms

• shininess

Translations

reflecting light

• Arabic: براق (ar) (barrāq), لامع (ar) (lāmiʿ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有光澤的 (cmn), 有光泽的 (cmn) (yǒu guāngzé de)

• Dutch: glanzend (nl), glimmend (nl)
• Finnish: kiiltävä (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: glänzend (de)

• Persian: درخشان (fa) (derakhshan)
• Polish: błyszczący (pl)
• Russian: блестящий (ru) (blestjáščij)
• Spanish: refulgente (es)
• Swedish: skinande (sv), glittrande (sv)
• Turkish: parlak (tr)

emitting light

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 閃光的 (cmn), 闪光的 (cmn) (shǎnguāng de)

• Finnish: loistava (fi)
• German: leuchtend (de), funkelnd (de)

• Spanish: brillante (es)
• Swedish: lysande (sv)
• Turkish: ışıldayan (tr)

excellent

• Finnish: loistava (fi)
• German: wunderbar (de)

• Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: fevkalade (tr), olağanüstü (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: лъскав m
• Catalan: brillant, lluent
• Dutch: glanzend, blinkend
• French: brillant (fr) m
• Italian: brillante (it), lucente (it), luccicante (it), rilucente (it), scintillante (it)

• Latin: fulgēns (la)
• Portuguese: brilhante, reluzente
• Spanish: brillante, reluciente
• Tagalog: makintab (tl)

Noun

shiny (plural shinies)

1. (informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.