glitter

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɪtə/
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• General-American: /ˈɡlɪtəɹ/
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• General-American: [ˈɡlɪɾɚ]
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• rhymes with -ɪtə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: G L IH1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English gliteren, from Old Norse glitra, from Proto-Germanic *glitrōną (“to glitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhley-.

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: փայլ (pʻayl) — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Belarusian: бляск (bljask) — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Bulgarian: бля́сък (bljásǎk) — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Chinese Mandarin: 閃光 /闪光 (shǎnguāng) — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Czech: blesk — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Dutch: schittering — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Esperanto: brileto — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Finnish: välke — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Finnish: kimallus — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Finnish: säihke — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Finnish: kimmellys — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• French: étincellement — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Georgian: ბრწყინვა (brc̣q̇inva) — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Hindi: चमक (camak) — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Icelandic: glitur — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Irish: glioscarnach — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Italian: glitter — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Japanese: 煌めき (kirameki) — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Macedonian: блесок (blesok) — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Māori: korakora pīata — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Polish: blask — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Portuguese: resplendor — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Romanian: strălucire — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Russian: блеск (blesk) — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Serbo-Croatian: бле̑сак — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Serbo-Croatian: бље̑сак — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Serbo-Croatian: блије̑сак — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Serbo-Croatian: blȇsak — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Serbo-Croatian: bljȇsak — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Serbo-Croatian: blijȇsak — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Slovak: blesk — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Slovene: blèsk — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Spanish: brillo — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Swedish: glitter — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Ukrainian: блиск (blysk) — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Ukrainian: ся́йво (sjájvo) — bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
• Bulgarian: брока́т (brokát) — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Catalan: gebre — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Chinese Mandarin: 亮片 (liàngpiàn) — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Chinese Mandarin: 金屬飾片 /金属饰片 (jīnshǔ shì piàn) — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Dutch: glitter — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Finnish: koristehile — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Finnish: kimalle — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Finnish: hile — shiny, decoractive adornment
• French: paillette — shiny, decoractive adornment
• German: Glitter — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Greek: χρυσόσκονη (chrysóskoni) — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Greek: γκλίτερ (gklíter) — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Hindi: चमक (camak) — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Italian: brillantini — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Japanese: グリッター (gurittā) — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Polish: brokat — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Portuguese: glitter — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Portuguese: purpurina — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Romanian: sclipici — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Russian: блёстки (bljóstki) — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Spanish: purpurina — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Spanish: escarcha — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Spanish: brillantina — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Swedish: glitter — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Thai: กากเพชร (gàak-pét) — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Vietnamese: kim tuyến — shiny, decoractive adornment
• Arabic: لَمَعَ (lamaʕa) — to sparkle with light
• Arabic: بَرَقَ (baraqa) — to sparkle with light
• Arabic: تَوَهَّجَ (tawahhaja) — to sparkle with light
• Arabic: تَأَلَّقَ (taʔallaqa) — to sparkle with light
• Belarusian: блішча́ць (bliščácʹ) — to sparkle with light
• Belarusian: блі́скаць (blískacʹ) — to sparkle with light
• Belarusian: зіхаце́ць (zixacjécʹ) — to sparkle with light
• Belarusian: ззяць (zzjacʹ) — to sparkle with light
• Bulgarian: блестя́ (blestjá) — to sparkle with light
• Bulgarian: сия́я (sijája) — to sparkle with light
• Chinese Mandarin: 閃耀 /闪耀 (shǎnyào) — to sparkle with light
• Czech: třpytit se — to sparkle with light
• Czech: blýskat se — to sparkle with light
• Danish: glitre — to sparkle with light
• Dutch: schitteren — to sparkle with light
• Esperanto: brileti — to sparkle with light
• Finnish: säihkyä — to sparkle with light
• Finnish: välkehtiä — to sparkle with light
• Finnish: kiiltää — to sparkle with light
• Finnish: kimmeltää — to sparkle with light
• Finnish: kimaltaa — to sparkle with light
• French: briller — to sparkle with light
• Georgian: ბრწყინვა (brc̣q̇inva) — to sparkle with light
• German: glitzern — to sparkle with light
• Ancient Greek: στίλβω (stílbō) — to sparkle with light
• Hindi: चमकना (camaknā) — to sparkle with light
• Icelandic: glitra — to sparkle with light
• Japanese: 輝く (kagayaku) — to sparkle with light
• Japanese: キラキラする (kirakira suru) — to sparkle with light
• Korean: 반짝이다 (banjjagida) — to sparkle with light
• Korean: 비추다 (bichuda) — to sparkle with light
• Latin: micō — to sparkle with light
• Latin: coruscō — to sparkle with light
• Latin: fulgeō — to sparkle with light
• Lithuanian: blizgėti — to sparkle with light
• Macedonian: светка (svetka) — to sparkle with light
• Macedonian: сјае (sjae) — to sparkle with light
• Māori: kōritorito — to sparkle with light
• Māori: iraira — to sparkle with light
• Māori: whakaira — to sparkle with light
• Māori: rikoriko — to sparkle with light
• Māori: nanamu — to sparkle with light
• Māori: wheriko — to sparkle with light
• Norwegian Bokmål: glitre — to sparkle with light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: glitre — to sparkle with light
• Old English: blīcan — to sparkle with light
• Persian: درخشیدن (deraxšidan) — to sparkle with light
• Polish: błyszczeć — to sparkle with light
• Polish: błyszczeć się — to sparkle with light
• Polish: lśnić — to sparkle with light
• Polish: połyskiwać — to sparkle with light
• Portuguese: resplandecer — to sparkle with light
• Quechua: phaqsay — to sparkle with light
• Russian: блесте́ть (blestétʹ) — to sparkle with light
• Russian: блесну́ть (blesnútʹ) — to sparkle with light
• Russian: сверка́ть (sverkátʹ) — to sparkle with light
• Russian: сверкну́ть (sverknútʹ) — to sparkle with light
• Russian: сия́ть (sijátʹ) — to sparkle with light
• Serbo-Croatian: блѝстати — to sparkle with light
• Serbo-Croatian: сѝјати — to sparkle with light
• Serbo-Croatian: blìstati — to sparkle with light
• Serbo-Croatian: sìjati — to sparkle with light
• Shan: ၽၢပ်ႇ (phàap) — to sparkle with light
• Slovak: blyšťať sa — to sparkle with light
• Slovene: blesteti — to sparkle with light
• Slovene: sijati — to sparkle with light
• Spanish: brillar — to sparkle with light
• Spanish: resplandecer — to sparkle with light
• Spanish: centellear — to sparkle with light
• Spanish: escintilar — to sparkle with light
• Spanish: cintilar — to sparkle with light
• Swedish: glittra — to sparkle with light
• Ukrainian: блища́ти (blyščáty) — to sparkle with light
• Ukrainian: блисті́ти (blystíty) — to sparkle with light
• Ukrainian: блискоті́ти (blyskotíty) — to sparkle with light
• Ukrainian: ся́яти (sjájaty) — to sparkle with light
• Ukrainian: ся́ти (sjáty) — to sparkle with light
• Volapük: glimön — to sparkle with light
• Finnish: säihkyä — to be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive