sparkling

English

Verb

sparkling

1. Present participle of sparkle.

Adjective

sparkling (not comparable)

1. Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
2. Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.

Synonyms

• (of an object, reflecting light): glistening, twinkling
• (of a beverage): fizzy, carbonated

Antonyms

• (of a beverage): noncarbonated, still

Translations

of an object

• Czech: třpytivý (cs) m
• Finnish: loistava, (poetic) säkenöivä
• Greek: αστραφτερός (el) (astrafterós), σπινθηροβόλος (el) (spinthirovólos), λάμπων (el) (lámpon) m
• Italian: scintillante (it), brillante (it)

• Macedonian: блескав (mk) (bléskav) m
• Norwegian: glitre (no)
• Polish: lśniący (pl)

of a beverage

• Czech: perlivý (cs) m, šumivý (cs) m
• French: (water) scintillant m, scintillante f; (alcoholic drink) pétillant m, pétillante f, mousseux m, mousseuse f
• Greek: αφρώδης (el) (afródis), αεριούχος (el) (aerioúchos) m
• Italian: (water) frizzante, gassata (it) f

• Jèrriais: pétillant
• Macedonian: газиран (mk) (gazíran) m, газирана (mk) (gazírana) f, газирано (mk) (gazírano) n
• Polish: (water) gazowana (pl) f, gazowany (pl) m, gazowane (pl) n, (wine) musujące (pl) n, (alcoholic drink) musujący (pl) m, musująca (pl) f
• Serbo-Croatian: газиран (sh) m, газирана (sh) f, газирано (sh) n, gaziran (sh) m, gazirana (sh) f, gazirano (sh) n

Noun

sparkling (plural sparklings)

1. Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
   • Nathaniel John Hollingsworth

     Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.

2. A sparkling wine.
   • 2011, Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)

     Wines like this struggle to stand out on the show circuit, where the judges are more likely to be searching for sparklings designed in the classic Champagne mould.