Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A little spark; a scintillation.

    и́скоркаískorka

    the occurrence of a small flash or spark

  2. (countable, uncountable)Brilliance; luster.

    the sparkle of a diamond

    Funkeln, Glitzern

    сверка́ниеsverkánije

  3. (countable, uncountable)Liveliness; vivacity.

    the sparkle of his conversation over dinner

  4. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being sparkling or fizzy; effervescence.

Examples

89 sentences
  1. The crystals sparkled in the sunlight.

  2. The diamond sparkled in the sunlight.

  3. Tom had a sparkle in his eye.

  4. A glass of sparkling water, please.

    Склянку газованої води, будь ласка. — deniko

    ruСтакан газированной воды, пожалуйста. — kobylkin

  5. Tom's eyes sparkled.

    ruУ Тома заблестели глаза. — marafon

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
scintillation:
brilliance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
brilliance:

Origin

From Middle English sparkel, sparkle, sparcle, equivalent to spark + -le (diminutive suffi

From Middle English sparkel, sparkle, sparcle, equivalent to spark + -le (diminutive suffix). In some modern uses deverbal from etymology 2 below.

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Forms

plural: sparkles
Singularsparkle
Pluralsparkles

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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