shimmer

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly.
2. Of a mass of bees: to move their abdomens in a coordinated manner so as to produce a shimmering wave effect, thought to deter predators.

Noun

1. A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.
2. A measure of the irregularities in the loudness of a particular pitch over time.

Noun

A thin electronic device that is fit inside a card reader, such as on automated teller machines (ATMs), or point-of-sale terminals (POS's), that acts as an intermediate interface between the chip on a chip-and-pin technology card and the chip reader of the machine, to allow one to clone the chip.

Concepts

chatoyer

miroiter

❇️

miroitement

🪞

chatoiement

jeu

jouer

Synonymes

twinkle

sparkle

❇️

shine

glimmer

gleam

flash

glisten

flicker

glitter

glow

sheen

wink

😉

glint

flare

scintillate

luster

play

blink

spangle

ooze moisture

be radiant

be lustrous

be shinning

blaze

iridesce

boast

brilliant

dance

💃

glamor

glamour

glare

gleaming

gutter

marble

mystique

phosphoresce

quiver

shiner

spark

splendour

be bright

be energetic only at beginning of work

ooze fat ó

Traductions

schimmern

reflejo

rielar

Schimmer

resplendir

luz trémula

brillo

relluir

schillern

زها

🌼

tornassolar

irisar

reflex

changieren

llambrejar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: schimeren

Hérité de ancien anglais: sċymrian

Appartenant à néerlandais: schemeren

Appartenant à allemand: schimmern

In summary

From Middle English schimeren, from Old English sċymrian, sċimrian, sċimerian, from Proto-Germanic *skimarōną. Cognate with Dutch schemeren, German schimmern.