glitz

Signification (Anglais)

Garish, brilliant showiness.

Concepts

culot

Synonymes

gaudiness

tawdriness

flashiness

garishness

loudness

meretriciousness

brashness

shine

lustre

flash

showiness

schmaltz

drudgery

glamour

Traductions

sfoggio

Pomp

Glamour

Glitter

Flitter

Trara

pacchianeria

vistosità

chabacanería

ordinariez

garrulería

zafiedad

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡlɪts/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à vieux norrois: glitra

Appartenant à gotique: 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽

In summary

Back-formation from glitzy, in turn from German glitzern (“glint”). Cognate with Old Norse glitra, glita (“glitter”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (glitmunjan, “glisten”).