glimmer

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɪməː/
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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɡlɪməː]
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• General-American: /ˈɡlɪmɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈɡlɪmɚ] ~ [ˈɡlɪmɹ̩]
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• rhymes with -ɪmə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: G L IH1 M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English glimeren, glemeren (“to glimmer”), equivalent to glim (“to shine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with German Low German glimmern (“to glimmer”), German glimmern (“to glimmer”), Danish glimre (“to glimmer”), Swedish glimra (“to glimmer”). Doublet of glimpse. Sense 5 was coined in the 2020s in analogy to trigger.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: мъждукане (mǎždukane) — faint light
• Finnish: tuike — faint light
• Finnish: pilke — faint light
• French: lueur — faint light
• Gallurese: lucintura — faint light
• Georgian: ციმციმი (cimcimi) — faint light
• Georgian: ციალი (ciali) — faint light
• Georgian: გაელვება (gaelveba) — faint light
• Georgian: კრთომა (ḳrtoma) — faint light
• Georgian: გამოკრთომა (gamoḳrtoma) — faint light
• Georgian: ბჟუტვა (bžuṭva) — faint light
• Georgian: კვესა (ḳvesa) — faint light
• Georgian: კამკამი (ḳamḳami) — faint light
• Georgian: კიაფი (ḳiapi) — faint light
• German: Schimmer — faint light
• Icelandic: skíma — faint light
• Italian: barlume — faint light
• Italian: filo — faint light
• Māori: hīnātore — faint light
• Norwegian: skimmer — faint light
• Portuguese: vislumbre — faint light
• Russian: мерца́ние (mercánije) — faint light
• Campidanese Sardinian: lampaluxi — faint light
• Sardinian: lughighedda — faint light
• Sassarese: luzaredda — faint light
• Spanish: luz tenue — faint light
• Spanish: titileo — faint light
• Ukrainian: мерехті́ння (merextínnja) — faint light
• Bulgarian: проблясък (probljasǎk) — flash of light
• Finnish: valonpilkahdus — flash of light
• Irish: léaró — flash of light
• Central Kurdish: تروسکە (truske) — flash of light
• Norwegian: glimt — flash of light
• Portuguese: clarão — flash of light
• Finnish: valonpilkahdus — faint or remote possibility
• Finnish: väre — faint or remote possibility
• Finnish: kipinä — faint or remote possibility
• French: lueur — faint or remote possibility
• Italian: barlume — faint or remote possibility
• Norwegian: glimt — faint or remote possibility
• Norwegian: anelse — faint or remote possibility
• Portuguese: vislumbre — faint or remote possibility
• Russian: капля (kaplja) — faint or remote possibility
• Russian: проблеск (problesk) — faint or remote possibility
• Russian: искорка (iskorka) — faint or remote possibility
• Armenian: առկայծել (aṙkaycel) — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Bulgarian: мъждукам (mǎždukam) — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Esperanto: glimi — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Finnish: tuikkia — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Finnish: kajastaa — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• French: émettre une lueur — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Georgian: ციმციმებს (cimcimebs) — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Georgian: იელვებს (ielvebs) — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Georgian: კრთის (ḳrtis) — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Georgian: კრთება (ḳrteba) — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Georgian: ბჟუტავს (bžuṭavs) — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Georgian: ციალებს (cialebs) — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Georgian: კამკამებს (ḳamḳamebs) — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Georgian: კიაფობს (ḳiapobs) — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• German: glimmern — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Hindi: टिमटिमाना (ṭimṭimānā) — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Ingrian: kuumattaa — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Māori: tīramarama — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Norwegian: glimte — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Norwegian: skimre — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Norwegian: blinke — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Portuguese: vislumbrar — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Romanian: scânteia — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Russian: мерца́ть (mercátʹ) — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Spanish: escintilar — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Spanish: cintilar — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Spanish: centellar — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Spanish: centellear — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Swedish: glänsa — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Swedish: glittra — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Swedish: skina — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Swedish: glimma — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Swedish: glimra — to shine with a faint, unsteady light
• Urdu: ٹمٹمانا (ṭimṭimānā) — to shine with a faint, unsteady light