shiny

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• /ˈʃaɪ.ni/
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Etymology tree English shine Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English shiny From shine + -y (adjectival suffix).

From shine + -y (noun suffix).

Contraction of "shiny arse", originated during World War II. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1717

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَرَّاق (barrāq) — reflecting light
• Arabic: لَامِع (lāmiʕ) — reflecting light
• Azerbaijani: parlaq — reflecting light
• Bashkir: ялтыр (yaltır) — reflecting light
• Bulgarian: блестящ (blestjašt) — reflecting light
• Catalan: lluent — reflecting light
• Chinese Mandarin: 有光澤的 /有光泽的 (yǒu guāngzé de) — reflecting light
• Dutch: glanzend — reflecting light
• Dutch: glimmend — reflecting light
• Finnish: kiiltävä — reflecting light
• French: brillant — reflecting light
• Galician: relucente — reflecting light
• German: glänzend — reflecting light
• Hindi: चमकीला (camkīlā) — reflecting light
• Irish: lonrach — reflecting light
• Italian: luccicante — reflecting light
• Jarai: lơluih — reflecting light
• Khmer: ភ្លឺចាំង (phlɨɨ-cang) — reflecting light
• Latvian: dzidrs — reflecting light
• Latvian: gaišs — reflecting light
• Latvian: spodrs — reflecting light
• Latvian: spīdīgs — reflecting light
• Latvian: spožs — reflecting light
• Māori: whero — reflecting light
• Mongolian: гөлгөр (gölgör) — reflecting light
• Persian: درخشان (deraxšân) — reflecting light
• Plautdietsch: blank — reflecting light
• Plautdietsch: blenkjrich — reflecting light
• Polish: błyszczący — reflecting light
• Portuguese: reluzente — reflecting light
• Romanian: strălucitor — reflecting light
• Russian: блестя́щий (blestjáščij) — reflecting light
• Scottish Gaelic: gleansach — reflecting light
• Spanish: reluciente — reflecting light
• Spanish: refulgente — reflecting light
• Swedish: skinande — reflecting light
• Swedish: glittrande — reflecting light
• Turkish: parlak — reflecting light
• Ottoman Turkish: چیل (çil) — reflecting light
• Unami: sapële — reflecting light
• Vietnamese: bóng — reflecting light
• Waigali: pëlëkënë — reflecting light
• Bulgarian: светещ (svetešt) — emitting light
• Catalan: brillant — emitting light
• Chinese Mandarin: 閃光的 /闪光的 (shǎnguāng de) — emitting light
• Finnish: loistava — emitting light
• French: brillant — emitting light
• Galician: brillante — emitting light
• German: leuchtend — emitting light
• German: funkelnd — emitting light
• Hindi: चमकीला (camkīlā) — emitting light
• Italian: brillante — emitting light
• Italian: luminoso — emitting light
• Italian: splendente — emitting light
• Portuguese: brilhante — emitting light
• Russian: светя́щийся (svetjáščijsja) — emitting light
• Spanish: brillante — emitting light
• Swedish: lysande — emitting light
• Turkish: ışıldayan — emitting light
• Ottoman Turkish: چیل (çil) — emitting light
• Bulgarian: блестящ (blestjašt) — excellent
• Catalan: brillant — excellent
• Chinese Mandarin: 出众 (chūzhòng) — excellent
• Finnish: loistava — excellent
• German: wunderbar — excellent
• Hindi: उत्कृष्ट (utkŕṣṭ) — excellent
• Hindi: श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh) — excellent
• Italian: brillante — excellent
• Russian: превосходный (prevosxodnyj) — excellent
• Russian: великоле́пный (velikolépnyj) — excellent
• Russian: отли́чный (otlíčnyj) — excellent
• Turkish: fevkalade — excellent
• Turkish: olağanüstü — excellent