glitter

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English gliteren, from Old Norse glitra, from Proto-Germanic *glitrōną (“to glitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɪtə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɪtəɹ/, [ˈɡlɪɾɚ] Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ) === Noun === glitter (countable and uncountable, plural glitters) A bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance. A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork. (figurative) Glitz. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: glitter → Spanish: glitter ==== Translations ==== === Verb === glitter (third-person singular simple present glitters, present participle glittering, simple past and past participle glittered) To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English glitter. === Pronunciation === (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡli.teʁ/ === Noun === glitter m (uncountable) glitter (shiny, decorative dust) == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English glitter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡliteɾ/ [ˈɡli.t̪eɾ] Rhymes: -iteɾ Syllabification: glit‧ter === Noun === glitter m (plural glitteres) glitter ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. == Swedish == === Etymology === Probably from Old Norse glitra. === Noun === glitter n (uncountable) glitter (glittering) glitter (a shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue) tinsel (shiny foil, often strung on a thread) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== glittra glittrig === References === “glitter”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “glitter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)