Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance.

    блескblesk

    блискblysk, ся́йвоsjájvo

    the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

  2. (countable, uncountable)A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.

    Glitter

    блёсткиbljóstki

  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Glitz.

Examples

46 sentences
  1. Not all that glitters, is gold.

    Не все то золото, що блищить. — Ahha

    ruНе всё то золото, что блестит. — al_ex_an_der

  2. All that glitters isn't gold.

    Не все то золото, що блищить. — Ahha

  3. This ring has lost its glitter.

    ruЭто кольцо потеряло свой блеск. — megaton

  4. Their eyes are glittering with joy.

    deIhre Augen strahlen vor Freude. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. The magpie collects everything that glitters.

    deDie Elster sammelt alles, was glitzert. — Luiaard

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy:
Русский
By meaning 2
bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy:
shiny, decoractive adornment:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
shiny, decoractive adornment:

Origin

From Middle English gliteren, from Old Norse glitra, from Proto-Germanic *glitrōną (“to gl

From Middle English gliteren, from Old Norse glitra, from Proto-Germanic *glitrōną (“to glitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.

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Forms

plural: glitters
Singularglitter
Pluralglitters

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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