wink

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
2. A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
3. A brief time; an instant.
4. The smallest possible amount.
5. A subtle allusion.

Verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To close one's eyes in sleep.
2. (intransitive) To close one's eyes.
3. (intransitive) Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
4. (intransitive) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
5. (intransitive, transitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
6. (intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.

Concepts

cligner

ciller

cligner de l’oeil

clignoter

clin d'œil

😉

faire un clin d’oeil

seconde

clin d’oeil

cligner des yeux

😉

cligner de l’œil

clin d’œil

fermer les yeux sur

oeillade

œillade

😉

papilloter

pulsation

regarder d’un sale oeil

clignotons

faire un appel de phares

faire un clin d'œil

moment

instant

regarder de travers

battre des paupières

clignement d’oeil

flash

faire un clin d’œil

Synonymes

blink

twinkle

flash

flicker

nictitate

twinkling

nictate

winking

instant

close

blinking

nictitation

squint

trice

winkle

glimmer

eye blink

blink of an eye

shimmer

heartbeat

💓

nod

scintillate

eye-wink

nictation

blink away

glint

split second

sparkle

❇️

sign

shut one eye

New York minute

inkling

hint

jiffy

bat

🦇

hint given by eyes

beckon

connive

dance

💃

flare

flutter

gleam

glisten

glitter

glow

gutter

instantaneousness

moment

occult

one-eyed

Traductions

zwinkern

blinzeln

parpadear

guiñar

😉

pestañear

guiño

😉

sbattere le ciglia

knipogen

😉

Zwinkern

ammiccare

😉

αναβοσβήνω

Blinzeln

einen Augenwink machen

mit dem Auge zwinkern

piscar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwɪŋk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wynken

Hérité de ancien anglais: wincian

Appartenant à Middle Low German: winken

Appartenant à allemand: winken

Appartenant à saterlandais: wäänke

Appartenant à néerlandais: wenken

Appartenant à latin: vacillare

Appartenant à lituanien: véngti

Appartenant à albanais: vang

Appartenant à sanskrit: वङ्गति

In summary

From Middle English wynken, from Old English wincian (“to wink, make a sign, close the eyes, blink”, weak verb), from Proto-West Germanic *winkōn (“to close one's eyes”), from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”). Cognate with Middle Low German winken (“to blink, wink”), German winken (“to nod, beckon, make a sign”). Related also to Saterland Frisian wäänke, Dutch wenken (“to beckon, motion”), Latin vacillare (“sway”), Lithuanian véngti (“to swerve, avoid”), Albanian vang (“tire, felloe”), Sanskrit वङ्गति (vaṅgati, “(he, she) limps”), French guigner (“to eye, sneak a look at”).