sparkle

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspɑː.kəl/
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• General-American: /ˈspɑɹ.kəl/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)kəl
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• homophone: SPARQL
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• CMU ARPABET: S P AA1 R K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English sparkel, sparkle, sparcle, equivalent to spark + -le (diminutive suffix). In some modern uses deverbal from etymology 2 below.

From Middle English sparklen, sperclen, equivalent to spark + -le (frequentative verb). Cognate with West Frisian sparkelje (“to sparkle”), Dutch sparkelen (“to sparkle”).

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: կայծ (kayc) — scintillation
• Bulgarian: искра (iskra) — scintillation
• Bulgarian: искрене (iskrene) — scintillation
• Catalan: espurna — scintillation
• Catalan: centella — scintillation
• Chinese Mandarin: 閃耀 /闪耀 (shǎnyào) — scintillation
• Chinese Mandarin: 閃爍 /闪烁 (shǎnshuò) — scintillation
• Georgian: ციმციმი (cimcimi) — scintillation
• Georgian: ციალი (ciali) — scintillation
• Georgian: გაელვება (gaelveba) — scintillation
• Georgian: კრთომა (ḳrtoma) — scintillation
• Georgian: გამოკრთომა (gamoḳrtoma) — scintillation
• Georgian: ბჟუტვა (bžuṭva) — scintillation
• Georgian: კვესა (ḳvesa) — scintillation
• Georgian: კამკამი (ḳamḳami) — scintillation
• Georgian: კიაფი (ḳiapi) — scintillation
• Georgian: ბრწყინვა (brc̣q̇inva) — scintillation
• Georgian: ბრჭყვინვა (brč̣q̇vinva) — scintillation
• Georgian: სცინტილაცია (scinṭilacia) — scintillation
• Ancient Greek: ἀμάρυγξ (amárunx) — scintillation
• Hindi: चमक (camak) — scintillation
• Irish: splanc — scintillation
• Irish: drithle — scintillation
• Italian: scintillio — scintillation
• Italian: sfavillio — scintillation
• Japanese: 閃耀 (sen'yō) — scintillation
• Japanese: 閃爍 (senshaku) — scintillation
• Polish: blask — scintillation
• Portuguese: cintilação — scintillation
• Romanian: scânteie — scintillation
• Russian: и́скорка (ískorka) — scintillation
• Spanish: destello — scintillation
• Spanish: chispa — scintillation
• Swedish: scintillation — scintillation
• Swedish: scintillationsfaktor — scintillation
• Swedish: gnista — scintillation
• Swedish: glimmer — scintillation
• Tagalog: kislap — scintillation
• Tagalog: antitilaw — scintillation
• Thai: ประกาย (bprà-gaai) — scintillation
• Bulgarian: блясък (bljasǎk) — brilliance
• Catalan: brillantor — brilliance
• Catalan: brillor — brilliance
• Chinese Mandarin: 光輝 /光辉 (guānghuī) — brilliance
• Chinese Mandarin: 光彩 (guāngcǎi) — brilliance
• Finnish: välke — brilliance
• Finnish: säihke — brilliance
• Georgian: ბრწყინვა (brc̣q̇inva) — brilliance
• Georgian: ბრწყინვალება (brc̣q̇invaleba) — brilliance
• Georgian: ელვარება (elvareba) — brilliance
• Georgian: კაშკაში (ḳašḳaši) — brilliance
• Georgian: ბრჭყვინვა (brč̣q̇vinva) — brilliance
• Georgian: ჩახჩახი (čaxčaxi) — brilliance
• German: Funkeln — brilliance
• German: Glitzern — brilliance
• Irish: splanc — brilliance
• Irish: glioscarnach — brilliance
• Italian: lustro — brilliance
• Italian: splendore — brilliance
• Japanese: 光輝 (kōki) — brilliance
• Polish: blask — brilliance
• Portuguese: brilho — brilliance
• Russian: сверка́ние (sverkánije) — brilliance
• Spanish: brillo — brilliance
• Spanish: lustre — brilliance
• Swedish: gnista — brilliance
• Swedish: briljans — brilliance
• Thai: ความแวววาว — brilliance
• Thai: ความระยิบระยับ — brilliance
• Armenian: փայլատակել (pʻaylatakel) — to emit sparks
• Bulgarian: искря (iskrja) — to emit sparks
• German: funkeln — to emit sparks
• Hindi: जगमगाना (jagamgānā) — to emit sparks
• Polish: iskrzyć — to emit sparks
• Portuguese: faiscar — to emit sparks
• Portuguese: centelhar — to emit sparks
• Portuguese: fagulhar — to emit sparks
• Quechua: achikyay — to emit sparks
• Romanian: scânteia — to emit sparks
• Russian: искри́ться (iskrítʹsja) — to emit sparks
• Swedish: gnistra — to emit sparks
• Bulgarian: блещукам (bleštukam) — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Cherokee: ᎠᏙᏯᏩᏍᎦ (adoyawasga) — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• French: scintiller — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Galician: relucir — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Galician: escintilar — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Georgian: ციმციმებს (cimcimebs) — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Georgian: იელვებს (ielvebs) — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Georgian: კრთის (ḳrtis) — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Georgian: კრთება (ḳrteba) — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Georgian: ბჟუტავს (bžuṭavs) — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Georgian: ციალებს (cialebs) — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Georgian: კამკამებს (ḳamḳamebs) — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Georgian: კიაფობს (ḳiapobs) — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• German: funkeln — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Ancient Greek: μαρμαίρω (marmaírō) — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Hindi: जगमगाना (jagamgānā) — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Latin: scintillō — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Old English: blīcan — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Polish: skrzyć się — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Polish: lśnić — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Polish: błyszczeć — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Portuguese: cintilar — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Portuguese: centelhar — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Spanish: cintilar — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Spanish: escintilar — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Swedish: glimra — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Swedish: glimma — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Swedish: glittra — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Swedish: gnistra — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Thai: เปล่งประกาย — to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate
• Bulgarian: бляскам (bljaskam) — to manifest as if by emitting sparks; glisten
• French: luire — to manifest as if by emitting sparks; glisten
• Galician: relucir — to manifest as if by emitting sparks; glisten
• Bulgarian: шумя — to emit little bubbles
• Bulgarian: кипя (kipja) — to emit little bubbles
• Polish: musować — to emit little bubbles
• Swedish: bubbla — to emit little bubbles
• Swedish: moussera — to emit little bubbles