glimmer

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A faint light; a dim glow.
2. (countable, uncountable) A flash of light.
3. (countable, uncountable) A faint or remote possibility (as it were a flash of light).
4. (dated, uncountable) Mica.

Verb

To shine with a faint, unsteady light.

Synonyms

flicker

twinkle

gleam

flash

shimmer

glisten

shine

glow

glitter

glimmering

spark

sparkle

❇️

glint

inkling

wink

😉

suspicion

dim light

flutter

glimpse

gleaming

intimation

dawn

beam of light

kerosene lamp

be seen dimly

soft ray

fulgurate

be intelligent

glitte

glist

isinglass stone

be variegated

anticipation

diatom-earth

apprehension

aura

blaze

blink

brighten

brilliant

expectation

flare

flick

flickering

light

mica

premonition

presage

presentiment

scintillate

Translations

lueur

schimmern

barlume

Schimmer

vislumbre

flimmern

αμυδρό φως

luccichio

soupçon

luccicare

❇️

Flimmer

glimmern

luire

éclat

émettre une lueur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡlɪmə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: glimeren

Cognate with German: glimmern

Cognate with Danish: glimre

Cognate with Swedish: glimra

In summary

From Middle English glimeren, glemeren (“to glimmer”), equivalent to glim (“to shine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with German Low German glimmern (“to glimmer”), German glimmern (“to glimmer”), Danish glimre (“to glimmer”), Swedish glimra (“to glimmer”). Doublet of glimpse.