glare

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• General-American: /ɡlɛɚ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɡlɛə/
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• Australian: /ɡleː/
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• New-Zealand: /ɡleə/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• /ɡliə/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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• Scotland: /ɡleɹ/
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• /ɡlɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَهَج (wahaj) — light
• Bulgarian: блясък (bljasǎk) — light
• Catalan: brillantor — light
• Catalan: esclat — light
• Catalan: ressol — light
• Czech: záře — light
• Danish: blændende lys — light
• Finnish: häikäisevä valo — light
• French: éclat — light
• Galician: lampexo — light
• Galician: relostro — light
• Galician: luzada — light
• Galician: lampo — light
• Galician: fogaxe — light
• Galician: fachada — light
• German: Blendung — light
• Irish: dallrú — light
• Italian: bagliore — light
• Italian: lampo — light
• Manx: ard-sollys — light
• Māori: kōnakonako — light
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjenskinn — light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gjenskin — light
• Polish: blask — light
• Portuguese: clarão — light
• Russian: свечение (svečenije) — light
• Russian: блеск (blesk) — light
• Russian: сияние (sijanije) — light
• Spanish: deslumbramiento — light
• Spanish: deslumbre — light
• Volapük: tulit — light
• Welsh: llewyrch — light
• Welsh: llewych — light
• Danish: skin — brilliance
• Finnish: komeilu — brilliance
• Finnish: prameilu — brilliance
• Finnish: pöyhkeily — brilliance
• French: éclat — brilliance
• Galician: lampexo — brilliance
• Galician: relostro — brilliance
• Galician: luzada — brilliance
• Galician: brillo — brilliance
• Galician: fogaxe — brilliance
• Galician: crarén — brilliance
• Polish: blask — brilliance
• Russian: блеск (blesk) — brilliance
• Russian: сияние (sijanije) — brilliance
• Bulgarian: втренчен поглед (vtrenčen pogled) — angry or fierce stare
• Czech: zlostný pohled — angry or fierce stare
• Danish: gennemborende blik — angry or fierce stare
• Finnish: vihainen tuijotus — angry or fierce stare
• Finnish: vihainen katse — angry or fierce stare
• Finnish: mulkoilu — angry or fierce stare
• Galician: relance — angry or fierce stare
• Galician: olleirada — angry or fierce stare
• Galician: olladela — angry or fierce stare
• Galician: fitada — angry or fierce stare
• German: entrüstetes Starren — angry or fierce stare
• Irish: súil fhiata — angry or fierce stare
• Irish: drochshúil — angry or fierce stare
• Italian: frecciata — angry or fierce stare
• Russian: хищный взгляд (xiščnyj vzgljad) — angry or fierce stare
• Spanish: mirada fulminante — angry or fierce stare
• Welsh: hylldrem — angry or fierce stare
• Bulgarian: гледам втренчено (gledam vtrenčeno) — to stare angrily
• Czech: zlostně hledět — to stare angrily
• Danish: stirre — to stare angrily
• Danish: glo — to stare angrily
• Esperanto: kolerrigard — to stare angrily
• Finnish: tuijottaa vihaisesti — to stare angrily
• Finnish: mulkoilla — to stare angrily
• Finnish: mulkaista — to stare angrily
• German: missbilligend anstarren — to stare angrily
• Hindi: तरेरना (tarernā) — to stare angrily
• Korean: 노려보다 (noryeoboda) — to stare angrily
• Māori: whakakarukaru — to stare angrily
• Māori: hīnana — to stare angrily
• Māori: koira — to stare angrily
• Māori: whākanakana — to stare angrily
• Norwegian Bokmål: stirre — to stare angrily
• Norwegian Bokmål: glo — to stare angrily
• Norwegian Bokmål: skule — to stare angrily
• Portuguese: fulminar com os olhos — to stare angrily
• Russian: хищно глядеть (xiščno gljadetʹ) — to stare angrily
• Spanish: mirar fulminantemente — to stare angrily
• Czech: zářit — to shine brightly
• Czech: planout — to shine brightly
• Danish: skinne — to shine brightly
• Danish: blænde — to shine brightly
• Finnish: paahtaa (of sun esp.) — to shine brightly
• Finnish: loistaa — to shine brightly
• Ingrian: häjätä — to shine brightly
• Portuguese: brilhar — to shine brightly
• Portuguese: reluzir — to shine brightly
• Russian: слепить (slepitʹ) — to shine brightly
• Russian: сиять (sijatʹ) — to shine brightly
• Czech: zářit — to be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid
• Finnish: säteillä — to be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid
• Finnish: loistaa — to be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid
• Russian: сиять (sijatʹ) — to be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid
• Russian: блистать (blistatʹ) — to be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid
• Finnish: loistaa — to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light
• Finnish: leiskua — to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light
• Russian: светиться (svetitʹsja) — to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light
• Russian: испускать (ispuskatʹ) — to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light
• Russian: сверкать (sverkatʹ) — to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light