glimmer

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

glimmer (plural glimmers)

  1. A faint light; a dim glow.
    The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.
  2. A flash of light.
  3. A faint or remote possibility.
    A glimmer of hope.

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Verb

to glimmer (third-person singular simple present glimmers, present participle glimmering, simple past and past participle glimmered)

  1. (intransitive) To shine with a faint light.
    The fireflies glimmered in the dark.

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Translations

shine with faint light
  • Norwegian: glimte, skimre, blinke

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Derived from glimre (“glitter, glisten, sparkle”). Definition 2 is from German. Has also undergone influence from English.

Noun

(uncountable) glimmer m. - glimmeren (singular definite)

  1. (literary and formal) magnificence, glitter, tinsel, something that shines
    Rikdommens glimmer
    The tinsel of wealth
  2. mica
    Glimmer er et mineral som lett spaltes i tynne flak.
    Mica is a mineral that easily separates into thin leaves

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Derived from glimre (“glitter, glisten, sparkle”), with influence from English. The definition is from German.

Noun

(uncountable) glimmer m. - glimmeren (singular definite)

  1. mica
    Glimmer er eit mineral som lett spaltast i tynne flak.
    Mica is a mineral that easily separates into thin leaves

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