Glimmer — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a flash of light (especially reflected light)

a slight suggestion or vague understanding

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡˈʌndɐlˌoʊ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡlˈɪmə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡlˈɪmə/

2 syllables Say it as /ɡˈʌndɐlˌoʊ/.

Examples

he had no inkling what was about to happen

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

gleaming glimmering intimation gleam inkling

Parts of Speech

noun	a flash of light (especially reflected light)
noun	a slight suggestion or vague understanding “he had no inkling what was about to happen”
verb	shine brightly, like a star or a light

Word Forms

gleam	verb	shine brightly, like a star or a light
glimmery	adjective	shining softly and intermittently
glimmer	verb	shine brightly, like a star or a light
intimate	verb	imply as a possibility
gleam	noun	a flash of light (especially reflected light)
gleaming	noun	a flash of light (especially reflected light)
glimmer	noun	a flash of light (especially reflected light)

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

lueur

un éclair de lumière (surtout la lumière réfléchie)

🇪🇸Spanish

luz tenue

un destello de luz (especialmente luz reflejada)

🇮🇹Italian

barlume

un lampo di luce (soprattutto luce riflessa)

🇳🇱Dutch

glans

een lichtflits (vooral gereflecteerd licht)

🇵🇹Portuguese

brilho

um flash de luz (especialmente luz refletida)

🇷🇺Russian

мерцать

вспышка света (особенно отраженного света)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रभा

प्रकाश की एक चमक (विशेषकर परावर्तित प्रकाश)

🇧🇩Bengali

ঝলক

আলোর ঝলকানি (বিশেষ করে প্রতিফলিত আলো)

🇮🇳Tamil

மினுமினுப்பு

ஒளியின் ஃபிளாஷ் (குறிப்பாக பிரதிபலித்த ஒளி)

🇮🇳Telugu

మెరుపు

కాంతి యొక్క ఫ్లాష్ (ముఖ్యంగా ప్రతిబింబించే కాంతి)

🇮🇳Marathi

झगमगाट

प्रकाशाचा फ्लॅश (विशेषतः परावर्तित प्रकाश)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઝગમગાટ

પ્રકાશનો ફ્લેશ (ખાસ કરીને પ્રતિબિંબિત પ્રકાશ)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಿನುಗು

ಬೆಳಕಿನ ಮಿಂಚು (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರತಿಫಲಿತ ಬೆಳಕು)

🇮🇳Malayalam

തിളക്കം

ഒരു മിന്നൽ പ്രകാശം (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് പ്രതിഫലിക്കുന്ന പ്രകാശം)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਝਲਕ

ਰੋਸ਼ਨੀ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਫਲੈਸ਼ (ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਬਿੰਬਿਤ ਰੋਸ਼ਨੀ)

🇵🇰Urdu

چمک

روشنی کی چمک (خاص طور پر منعکس روشنی)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

微光

闪光（尤其是反射光）

🇯🇵Japanese

きらめく

閃光（特に反射光）

🇰🇷Korean

희미한 빛

섬광(특히 반사광)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tia sáng lấp lánh

một tia sáng (đặc biệt là ánh sáng phản chiếu)

🇹🇭Thai

ริบหรี่

แสงวาบ (โดยเฉพาะแสงสะท้อน)

🇮🇩Indonesian

cahaya redup

kilatan cahaya (terutama cahaya yang dipantulkan)

🇵🇭Filipino

kumislap

isang kislap ng liwanag (lalo na ang sinasalamin na liwanag)

🇲🇾Malay

kilauan

kilat cahaya (terutamanya cahaya yang dipantulkan)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بصيص

وميض من الضوء (خاصة الضوء المنعكس)

🇮🇷Persian

درخشش

فلش نور (به خصوص نور بازتابی)

🇹🇷Turkish

parıltı

bir ışık parlaması (özellikle yansıyan ışık)

🇮🇱Hebrew

נִצנוּץ

הבזק של אור (במיוחד אור מוחזר)

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The primary meaning of 'glimmer' is 'a flash of light (especially reflected light)'.

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Using 'glimmer' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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