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glimmer
English
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??l?m?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /??l?m?/
- Rhymes: -?m?(?)
Noun
glimmer (plural glimmers)
- A faint light; a dim glow.
- The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.
- A flash of light.
- A faint or remote possibility.
- A glimmer of hope.
- (dated) mica
Synonyms
- (flash of light): sparkle, shimmer
Translations
Verb
glimmer (third-person singular simple present glimmers, present participle glimmering, simple past and past participle glimmered)
- (intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.
- The fireflies glimmered in the dark.
- the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp
Synonyms
- (shine with faint unsteady light): flicker, shimmer, twinkle
Translations
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Derived from glimre (“glitter, glisten, sparkle”). Sense 2 is from German Glimmer. Has also undergone influence from English.
Noun
glimmer m (definite singular glimmeren, uncountable)
- (literary and formal) magnificence, glitter, tinsel, something that shines
- Rikdommens glimmer
- The tinsel of wealth
- Rikdommens glimmer
- mica
Synonyms
- (sense 1) glans, prakt, herlighet
- (sense 2) kråkesølv, mica, mikanitt
Derived terms
- glimmerskifer
- Lys glimmer = white mica (literally: "bright mica")
References
- “glimmer” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “glimmer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Derived from glimre (“glitter, glisten, sparkle”), with influence from English. The definition is from German Glimmer.
Noun
glimmer m (definite singular glimmeren, uncountable)
- mica
Synonyms
- kråkesølv, mica, mikanitt
Derived terms
- glimmerskifer
- Lys glimmer = white mica (literally: "bright mica")
References
- “glimmer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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radiate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare (“to radiate, furnish with spokes, give out rays, radiate, shine”), from radius (“a spoke, ray”).
Pronunciation
- (verb) IPA(key): /??e?die?t/
- (adjective) IPA(key): /??e?die?t/, /??e?di.?t/
Verb
radiate (third-person singular simple present radiates, present participle radiating, simple past and past participle radiated)
- To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
- 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates
- Oban is not a terminus; its routes radiate by sea, rail and road.
- 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates
- (transitive) To emit rays or waves.
- The stove radiates heat.
- (intransitive) To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
- The heat radiates from a stove.
- 1706, John Locke, Elements of Natural Philosophy
- Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.
- (transitive) To illuminate.
- To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
- (transitive) To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
- (ecology, intransitive) to spread into new habitats, migrate.
Synonyms
- (to expose to radiation): irradiate
Derived terms
- radiator
Related terms
- radiation
Translations
Adjective
radiate (comparative more radiate, superlative most radiate)
- Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
- a radiate crystal
- Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
- (botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
- (botany) Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.
- (biology) Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
- (zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.
Translations
Noun
radiate (plural radiates)
- (zoology) One of the Radiata.
Related terms
- radial
- radiation
- radio
- radius
- ray
Further reading
- radiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- radiate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- radiate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- airdate, ardaite, tiaraed
Esperanto
Adverb
radiate
- present adverbial passive participle of radii
Italian
Verb
radiate
- second-person plural present subjunctive of radere
- second-person plural present indicative of radiare
- second-person plural imperative of radiare
- second-person plural present subjunctive of radiare
- feminine plural of radiato
Anagrams
- aderita, adirate, ardiate, datarie, daterai
Latin
Verb
radi?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of radi?
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