flicker

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An unsteady flash of light.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A short moment.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
2. (intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
3. (ambitransitive) To flutter or flap.

Conceptes

onejar

flamejar

centellejar

vacil·lar

vibrar

parpelleig

aleteig

estremir-se

trémer

tremolar

oscil·lar

Sinònims

twinkle

flash

glimmer

flutter

blink

waver

wink

😉

gleam

quiver

shimmer

wave

👋

flare

sparkle

❇️

flick

sway

tremble

heave

flitter

spark

twinkling

glint

flare up

flap

shake

🫨

glimmering

vibration

flickering

flit

glimpse

scintillate

blaze

woodpecker

yellowhammer

riffle

rock

🪨

roll

scintilla

drift about

luff

litter

shine

shiver

light

gutter

glitter

swing

swinging

thrill

glisten

trembling

Traduccions

flackern

Colaptes

scintiller

❇️

flakkeren

Flimmern

flimmern

parpadeo

flikkeren

se balancer

palpiter

wehen

schwanken

sich bewegen

onduler

sich schaukeln

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈflɪkə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: flikeren

Heretat de anglès antic: flicerian

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: flikkerje

Cognat amb frisó occidental: flikkerje

Cognat amb neerlandès: flikkeren

Cognat amb anglès antic: flacor

Cognat amb alemany: flackern

Cognat amb anglès antic: flēoġan

In summary

From Middle English flikeren (“to flutter”), from Old English flicerian, flicorian (“to flutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *flikurōn.
Akin to Saterland Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”),
West Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”), Dutch flikkeren (“to flicker, flutter”), German Low German flickern (“to light up, flash, flicker”). Compare Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”), German flackern (“to flicker, flutter”), Old English flēogan (“to fly”).