twinkle

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

fonkelen

knip

tintelen

twinkelen

flikkeren

flonkering

fonkeling

flikkering

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

funkeln

❇️

scintiller

❇️

glitzern

centellear

brillar

titilar

blitzen

briller

brillare

parpadear

clignoter

destellar

❇️

glänzen

relampaguear

cintilar

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: twinclen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: twinclian

Verwant aan Duits: 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”).