sparkle

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈspɑː.kəl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈspɑɹ.kəl/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kəl Hyphenation: spar‧kle Homophone: SPARQL === Etymology 1 === From Middle English sparkel, sparkle, sparcle, equivalent to spark +‎ -le (diminutive suffix). In some modern uses deverbal from etymology 2 below. ==== Noun ==== sparkle (countable and uncountable, plural sparkles) A little spark; a scintillation. Brilliance; luster. Liveliness; vivacity. The quality of being sparkling or fizzy; effervescence. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English sparklen, sperclen, equivalent to spark +‎ -le (frequentative verb). Cognate with West Frisian sparkelje (“to sparkle”), Dutch sparkelen (“to sparkle”). ==== Alternative forms ==== sparckle, sparcle (obsolete) ==== Verb ==== sparkle (third-person singular simple present sparkles, present participle sparkling, simple past and past participle sparkled) (intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles (by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle (intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. (intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce (transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. (transitive, obsolete) To disperse. (transitive, obsolete) To scatter on or over. ===== Synonyms ===== (glisten, flash): shine, glisten, scintillate, radiate, coruscate, glitter, twinkle ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === See also === ❇, ❈, ✨ === References === “sparkle”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “sparkle”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “sparkle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === kerslap == Middle English == === Noun === sparkle alternative form of sparkel