glans

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine, uncountable) lustre, shine, shimmer, gloss, glistening
2. (masculine, uncountable) gloss

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of glanzen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of glanzen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of glanzen:

Concepts

shine

sheen

brightness

polish

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radiance

brilliance

gloss

luster

lustre

gleam

refulgence

splendor

lambency

luminosity

glisten

glance

glamour

polishing

effulgence

radiancy

splendour

resplendence

burnish

brilliancy

shininess

sleekness

smoothness

refulgency

glitter

glossiness

Synonyms

schittering

schijn

glinstering

pracht

schoensmeer

glittering

luister

lichtscheut

flits

glimmendheid

helderheid

schijnsel

schitteren

flikkering

fonkeling

splendeur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣlɑns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: glans

Cognate with German: Glanz

In summary

From Middle Dutch glans (ca. 1400), from Middle High German glanz (“shine, lustre”), whence Modern German Glanz.