glimpse

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Verb

1. (transitive) To see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely.
3. (intransitive) Chiefly followed by at or upon: to look at briefly and incompletely; to glance.
4. (intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light; to glimmer, to shimmer.
5. (archaic, intransitive, poetic) To appear or start to appear, especially faintly or unclearly; to dawn.
6. (intransitive, rare) Sometimes followed by out: to provide a brief and incomplete look.

Noun

1. Chiefly followed by of: a brief and incomplete look.
2. (archaic) A brief, sudden flash of light; a glimmer.
3. (figuratively) A faint or imprecise idea; an inkling.
4. (figuratively, rare) A brief, unspecified amount of time; a moment.
5. (obsolete) A faint (and often temporary) appearance; a tinge.

Έννοιες

βλέπω φευγαλέα

γρήγορη ματιά

βλέμμα

ματιά

vlémma

matiá

αναλαμπή

γρήγορο βλέμμα

théa

Συνώνυμα

glance

look

peep

peek

spot

notice

detect

flicker

spy

espy

descry

note

twinkle

ogle

coup d’oeil

glance at

perceive

gleams

gleam

remark

scan

glimmer

sight

flash

tinge

tint

trace

view

beam of light

catch a glimpse of

shoot a glance at

shoot a look at

have a glimpse

part

take a glance

behold

breath

cast

catch side of

catch sight of

chink

eye

👁️

flashing

gander

gaze

glimmering

glint

glitter

hint

look askance

Μεταφράσεις

intravedere

entrevoir

vistazo

entrever

occhiata

Blick

ullada

relance

olhadela

vislumbrar

vislumbrar

scorgere

entreveure

flüchtiger Blick

sguardo

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ɡlɪmps/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: glimsen

Συγγενές με Μέσα Άνω Γερμανικά: glimsen

Συγγενές με Μέσα Ολλανδικά: glinsen

Συγγενές με Middle Low German: glinsen

Συγγενές με Μέσα Άνω Γερμανικά: glinsen

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: glinsteren

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: glimmen

In summary

The verb is derived from earlier glimse (obsolete), from Middle English glimsen (“to dazzle; to glisten; to glance with the eyes”), possibly from Old English *glimsian, from Proto-West Germanic *glimmisōjan, from Proto-Germanic *glimō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Doublet of glimmer.
The noun is derived from the verb.
Cognates
Middle Dutch glinsen (modern Dutch glinsteren (“to glint, glitter, shimmer, sparkle; to glance”), glimmen (“to gleam, shine”))
Middle High German glimsen (“to glow, smoulder”), glinsen (“to glimmer, shine”)
Middle Low German glinsen, glintzen, glinzen (“to shimmer, shine”)