glisten

English

Etymology

From Old English glisnian, from Proto-Germanic [Term?].

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪsən

Verb

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

(intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.

Translations

to reflect light with a glittering luster

Arabic: لَمَعَ‎ (ar) (lamaʿa)
Bulgarian: лъщя (bg) (lǎštja), блестя (bg) (blestja)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 輝耀 (zh), 辉耀 (zh) (huīyào), 閃光 (zh), 闪光 (zh) (shǎnguāng), 閃耀 (zh), 闪耀 (zh) (shǎnyào)
Danish: glinse
Finnish: kimmeltää (fi), kimaltaa, kimallella (fi)
French: reluire (fr)
German: glitzern (de), glänzen (de), gleißen (de)
Alemannic German: glänze
Greek:
Ancient: στίλβω (stílbō)

Hindi: चमकना (ćamaknā)
Hungarian: csillog (hu)
Japanese: 光る (ja) (ひかる, hikaru), 輝く (ja) (かがやく, kagayaku)
Maori: whakaira, kanapa, wheriko, korakora, kōratarata
Persian: برق زدن‎ (barq zadan)
Polish: błyszczeć (pl)
Portuguese: reluzir (pt)
Russian: блесте́ть (ru) impf (blestétʹ), блесну́ть (ru) pf (blesnútʹ), сверка́ть (ru) impf (sverkátʹ), сверкну́ть (ru) pf (sverknútʹ)
Slovene: lesketati se
Spanish: relucir (es), rielar (es)

Noun

glisten (plural glistens)

A glistening shine from a wet surface.

Translations

glistening shine

Bulgarian: блясък (bg) m (bljasǎk)

Finnish: kimmellys, kimallus

Anagrams

Etlings, Tingles, lingets, niglets, singlet, sniglet, tingles

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