twinkle

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
2. To be bright with delight.
3. To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
4. To flit to and fro.

Noun

1. A sparkle or glimmer of light.
2. A sparkle of delight in the eyes.
3. A flitting movement.
4. (colloquial) A brief moment; a twinkling.
5. (childish) The female genitalia.

Concepts

briller

scintiller

❇️

briller

clignoter

étinceler

lumière

scintillement

ciller

miroiter

❇️

papilloter

clignotement

virevolter

cligner

cligner des yeux

😉

flash

léger

étincelle

Synonymes

sparkle

❇️

glitter

flicker

flash

blink

shine

wink

😉

glimmer

shimmer

gleam

glisten

scintillate

glint

scintillation

winkle

glare

glow

spark

sparkling

radiate

light

flare

glimpse

flutter

lighten

glimpses

twinkling

spangle

close the eyes

gilmmer

glitte

contract the eyelids

blinking twinkling

beam

give signal

blaze

blinking

brilliant

close

coruscate

dance

💃

dazzle

emit

flame

flashing

flick

fulminate

glance

gleaming

gutter

Traductions

funkeln

❇️

centellear

glitzern

blitzen

titilar

brillare

brillar

relampaguear

parpadear

glänzen

destellar

❇️

fonkelen

cintilar

tremolare

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: twinclen

Hérité de ancien anglais: twinclian

Appartenant à allemand: zwinkern

In summary

From Middle English twinclen, twynclen, from Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”), equivalent to twink (“to wink; blink; twinkle”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”).