glisten

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• /ˈɡlɪsən/
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From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: блясък (bljasǎk) — glistening shine
• Finnish: kimmellys — glistening shine
• Finnish: kimallus — glistening shine
• Irish: glioscarnach — glistening shine
• Arabic: لَمَعَ (lamaʕa) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Bulgarian: лъщя (lǎštja) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Bulgarian: блестя (blestja) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Chinese Mandarin: 輝耀 /辉耀 (huīyào) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Chinese Mandarin: 閃光 /闪光 (shǎnguāng) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Chinese Mandarin: 閃耀 /闪耀 (shǎnyào) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Danish: glinse — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Esperanto: fulmeti — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Esperanto: malseke rebrili — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Finnish: kimmeltää — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Finnish: kimaltaa — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Finnish: kimallella — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• French: reluire — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Galician: relucir — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• German: glitzern — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• German: glänzen — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• German: gleißen — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• German: glänze — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (glitmunjan) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Greek: λάμπω (lámpo) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Ancient Greek: στίλβω (stílbō) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Ancient Greek: μαρμαίρω (marmaírō) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Hawaiian: ʻōlinolino — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Hindi: चमकना (camaknā) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Hungarian: csillog — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Italian: luccicare — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Japanese: 光る (hikaru) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Japanese: 輝く (kagayaku) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Latin: fulgeō — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Latin: niteō — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Māori: whakaira — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Māori: kanapa — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Māori: wheriko — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Māori: korakora — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Māori: kōratarata — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Persian: برق زدن (barq zadan) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Polish: błyszczeć — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Portuguese: reluzir — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Russian: блесте́ть (blestétʹ) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Russian: блесну́ть (blesnútʹ) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Russian: сверка́ть (sverkátʹ) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Russian: сверкну́ть (sverknútʹ) — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Slovene: lesketati — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Spanish: relucir — to reflect light with a glittering luster
• Spanish: rielar — to reflect light with a glittering luster