twinkle

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
2. To be bright with delight.
3. To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
4. To flit to and fro.

Noun

1. A sparkle or glimmer of light.
2. A sparkle of delight in the eyes.
3. A flitting movement.
4. (colloquial) A brief moment; a twinkling.
5. (childish) The female genitalia.

Conceptes

centellejar

espurna

pampallugueig

guspira

llambregar

llampegar

llambrar

llampeguejar

guspirejar

Sinònims

sparkle

❇️

glitter

flicker

flash

blink

shine

wink

😉

glimmer

shimmer

gleam

glisten

scintillate

glint

scintillation

winkle

glare

glow

spark

sparkling

radiate

light

flare

glimpse

flutter

lighten

glimpses

twinkling

spangle

close the eyes

gilmmer

glitte

contract the eyelids

blinking twinkling

beam

give signal

blaze

blinking

brilliant

close

coruscate

dance

💃

dazzle

emit

flame

flashing

flick

fulminate

glance

gleaming

gutter

Traduccions

funkeln

❇️

scintiller

❇️

glitzern

centellear

brillar

brillare

briller

blitzen

titilar

clignoter

parpadear

glänzen

relampaguear

destellar

❇️

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: twinclen

Heretat de anglès antic: twinclian

Cognat amb alemany: zwinkern

In summary

From Middle English twinclen, twynclen, from Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”), equivalent to twink (“to wink; blink; twinkle”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”).