Glister — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡˈʌnɹʌnɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡlˈɪstə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡlˈɪstə/

2 syllables Say it as /ɡˈʌnɹʌnɚ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

glisten sparkle glitter scintillation

Word Forms

glittery	adjective	having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
glitter	verb	be shiny, as if wet
glisten	verb	be shiny, as if wet
scintillate	verb	reflect brightly
sparkle	verb	reflect brightly

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Glitzer

die Qualität des Leuchtens mit hellem, reflektiertem Licht

🇫🇷French

briller

la qualité de briller avec une lumière réfléchie brillante

🇪🇸Spanish

brillar

la cualidad de brillar con una luz brillante reflejada

🇮🇹Italian

luccichio

la qualità di risplendere di una brillante luce riflessa

🇳🇱Dutch

glinsteren

de kwaliteit van schijnen met helder gereflecteerd licht

🇵🇹Portuguese

brilhar

a qualidade de brilhar com uma luz refletida brilhante

🇷🇺Russian

блестеть

качество свечения ярким отраженным светом

India

🇮🇳Hindi

झलकना

उज्ज्वल परावर्तित प्रकाश के साथ चमकने की गुणवत्ता

🇧🇩Bengali

চকচকে

একটি উজ্জ্বল প্রতিফলিত আলোর সাথে জ্বলজ্বল করার গুণমান

🇮🇳Tamil

மினுமினுப்பு

பிரகாசமான பிரதிபலித்த ஒளியுடன் பிரகாசிக்கும் தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

మెరుపు

ప్రకాశవంతమైన ప్రతిబింబించే కాంతితో మెరుస్తున్న నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

चमक

तेजस्वी परावर्तित प्रकाशासह चमकण्याची गुणवत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઝગમગાટ

તેજસ્વી પ્રતિબિંબિત પ્રકાશ સાથે ચમકવાની ગુણવત્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಿನುಗು

ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನವಾದ ಪ್ರತಿಫಲಿತ ಬೆಳಕಿನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹೊಳೆಯುವ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തിളക്കം

തിളങ്ങുന്ന പ്രതിഫലിച്ച പ്രകാശം കൊണ്ട് തിളങ്ങുന്നതിൻ്റെ ഗുണനിലവാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਮਕ

ਇੱਕ ਚਮਕਦਾਰ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਬਿੰਬਿਤ ਰੋਸ਼ਨੀ ਨਾਲ ਚਮਕਣ ਦੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

چمک

ایک روشن عکاس روشنی کے ساتھ چمکنے کا معیار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

闪光

明亮的反射光的闪耀品质

🇯🇵Japanese

キラキラ

明るい反射光で輝く質感

🇰🇷Korean

반짝임

밝은 반사광으로 빛나는 품질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lấp lánh

chất lượng tỏa sáng với ánh sáng phản chiếu tươi sáng

🇹🇭Thai

แวววาว

คุณภาพความแวววาวด้วยแสงสะท้อนที่สว่างสดใส

🇮🇩Indonesian

kilau

kualitas bersinar dengan cahaya pantulan yang terang

🇵🇭Filipino

kumislap

ang kalidad ng pagkinang na may maliwanag na sinasalamin na liwanag

🇲🇾Malay

berkilau

kualiti bersinar dengan cahaya yang dipantulkan terang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بريق

نوعية السطوع بالضوء المنعكس الساطع

🇮🇷Persian

زرق و برق

کیفیت درخشش با نور منعکس شده روشن

🇹🇷Turkish

parıltı

parlak yansıyan ışıkla parlama kalitesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

גליסטר

איכות הזוהר עם אור מוחזר בהיר

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The primary meaning of 'glister' is 'the quality of shining with a bright reflected light'.

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