scintilla

== English == === Etymology === Existing in English since the 17th century; borrowed from Latin scintilla (“spark”). === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /sɪnˈtɪlə/ Rhymes: -ɪlə === Noun === scintilla (plural scintillae or scintillas) A small spark or flash. (figuratively) A small or trace amount. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:modicum ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “scintilla”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “scintilla”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === Scillitan == French == === Verb === scintilla third-person singular past historic of scintiller == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): */ʃinˈtil.la/ Rhymes: -illa Hyphenation: scin‧tìl‧la === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin scintilla. ==== Noun ==== scintilla f (plural scintille) spark ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== scintilla inflection of scintillare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === scintilla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Etymology === Most likely from Proto-Indo-European *ski-nto-, from *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to gleam, shine”), which is the source of English shine. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [skɪnˈtɪl.la] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ʃinˈtil.la] === Noun === scintilla f (genitive scintillae); first declension spark 1st century AD, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt; Book VI, Chapter III glimmer ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== scintillō ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “scintilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “scintilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "scintilla", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)