twinkle

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

brillare

scintillio

❇️

lampeggiare

rifulgere

tremolare

luccichio

sfavillo

scintillare

scintilla

sfavillare

❇️

sfavillio

❇️

sfolgorio

vivacità

brillio

❇️

balenare

fare l'occhiolino

luccicare

❇️

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

funkeln

❇️

scintiller

❇️

centellear

glitzern

titilar

brillar

briller

blitzen

parpadear

clignoter

destellar

❇️

glänzen

relampaguear

cintilar

fonkelen

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: twinclen

Ereditato da inglese antico: twinclian

Affine tedesco: 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”).