shine

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (copulative, intransitive) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
2. (copulative, intransitive) To reflect light.
3. (copulative, intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
4. (copulative, intransitive) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
5. (copulative, intransitive) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
6. (copulative, intransitive) To be immediately apparent.
7. (transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
8. (transitive) To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Brightness from a source of light.
2. (countable, uncountable) Brightness from reflected light.
3. (countable, uncountable) Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
4. (countable, uncountable) Shoeshine.
5. (countable, uncountable) Sunshine (typically in contrast with rain).
6. (countable, slang, uncountable) Moonshine; an illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
7. (countable, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, uncountable) A black person.
8. (countable, uncountable) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
9. (countable, slang, uncountable) A liking for a person; a fancy.
10. (archaic, countable, slang, uncountable) A caper; an antic; a row.

Concepts

briller

luire

éclat

étinceler

rayonner

scintiller

❇️

reluire

éclater

éclairer

resplendir

brillance

lumière

lustrer

🇵🇱

poutre

refléter

polir

astiquer

🇵🇱

poli

poncer

râper

réfléchir

reflet

splendeur

tomber

trouver

🔍

vernir

doucir

🇵🇱

écarquiller les yeux

être lumineux

exceller

faire briller

faire des étincelles

flammèche

luisance

lumière éblouissante

regard furieux

avoir l’air attirant

avoir l’air mignon

être propre

reluisent

reluisons

reluisez

automne

brillant

brosser

cirer

clair de lune

devenir

frapper

gratter

Synonymes

glitter

sparkle

❇️

gleam

glow

flash

polish

🇵🇱

radiate

glisten

lustre

light

twinkle

illuminate

be bright

radiance

brighten

blaze

gloss

beam

shiny

shimmer

brilliance

light up

glare

reflect

give light

glint

brightness

bright

luster

glimmer

of the sun

burnish

emit

sheen

irradiate

flame

brush

refulgence

scintillate

smooth

cause to shine

radiancy

burn

effulgence

glaze

glance

burn brightly

blaze up

brilliant

smoothen

Traductions

brillar

brillare

scheinen

glänzen

strahlen

leuchten

risplendere

brilhar

brillo

Glanz

lucir

schijnen

splendore

splendere

brilho

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃaɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: shinen

Hérité de ancien anglais: scīnan

Hérité de moyen anglais: schenen

Hérité de ancien anglais: scǣnan

In summary

From Middle English shinen, schinen (preterite schon, past participle schinen), from Old English sċīnan (“to shine, flash; be resplendent”; preterite sċān, past participle sċinen), from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”).

Phrases

The sun thought about that , and decided to shine more brightly .

Le soleil y réfléchit et décida de briller plus brillamment.