Meaning of "glitter" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GLITTER

From Old Norse glitra; related to Old High German glīzan to shine.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GLITTER

glitter  [ˈɡlɪtə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLITTER

Glitter is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb glitter in English.

WHAT DOES GLITTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Glitter

Glitter describes an assortment of very small, flat, reflective particles. When particles are applied to surfaces, they reflect light at different angles, causing the surface to sparkle or shimmer. Glitter is similar to, but smaller than confetti or sequins. Glitter has been produced and used decoratively since prehistoric times from many different materials including stones such as malachite, galena, mica, insects, and glass. Modern glitter is most commonly manufactured from plastic.

Definition of glitter in the English dictionary

The first definition of glitter in the dictionary is to reflect light in bright flashes. Other definition of glitter is to be reflected in bright flashes. Glitter is also to be decorated or enhanced by the glamour.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GLITTER

PRESENT

Present

I glitter

you glitter

he/she/it glitters

we glitter

you glitter

they glitter

Present continuous

I am glittering

you are glittering

he/she/it is glittering

we are glittering

you are glittering

they are glittering

Present perfect

I have glittered

you have glittered

he/she/it has glittered

we have glittered

you have glittered

they have glittered

Present perfect continuous

I have been glittering

you have been glittering

he/she/it has been glittering

we have been glittering

you have been glittering

they have been glittering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I glittered

you glittered

he/she/it glittered

we glittered

you glittered

they glittered

Past continuous

I was glittering

you were glittering

he/she/it was glittering

we were glittering

you were glittering

they were glittering

Past perfect

I had glittered

you had glittered

he/she/it had glittered

we had glittered

you had glittered

they had glittered

Past perfect continuous

I had been glittering

you had been glittering

he/she/it had been glittering

we had been glittering

you had been glittering

they had been glittering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will glitter

you will glitter

he/she/it will glitter

we will glitter

you will glitter

they will glitter

Future continuous

I will be glittering

you will be glittering

he/she/it will be glittering

we will be glittering

you will be glittering

they will be glittering

Future perfect

I will have glittered

you will have glittered

he/she/it will have glittered

we will have glittered

you will have glittered

they will have glittered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been glittering

you will have been glittering

he/she/it will have been glittering

we will have been glittering

you will have been glittering

they will have been glittering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would glitter

you would glitter

he/she/it would glitter

we would glitter

you would glitter

they would glitter

Conditional continuous

I would be glittering

you would be glittering

he/she/it would be glittering

we would be glittering

you would be glittering

they would be glittering

Conditional perfect

I would have glitter

you would have glitter

he/she/it would have glitter

we would have glitter

you would have glitter

they would have glitter

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been glittering

you would have been glittering

he/she/it would have been glittering

we would have been glittering

you would have been glittering

they would have been glittering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you glitter
we let´s glitter
you glitter

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to glitter

Past participle

glittered

Present Participle

glittering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «GLITTER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «glitter» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of glitter

beam · brightness · brilliance · coruscate · display · flare · flash · gaudiness · gilt · glamour · glare · gleam · glimmer · glint · glisten · lustre · pageantry · radiance · scintillate · scintillation · sheen · shimmer · shine · show · showiness · sparkle · splendour · tinsel · twinkle

TRANSLATION OF GLITTER

Find out the translation of glitter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of glitter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «glitter» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 闪闪发光
• Translator English - Spanish: relucir
• English: glitter
• Translator English - Hindi: चमक
• Translator English - Arabic: معان
• Translator English - Russian: блеск
• Translator English - Portuguese: reluzir
• Translator English - Bengali: চিক্চিক
• Translator English - French: scintiller
• Translator English - Malay: Bergemerlapan
• Translator English - German: glitzern
• Translator English - Japanese: きらきら輝く
• Translator English - Korean: 반짝반짝 빛나다
• Translator English - Javanese: Glitter
• Translator English - Vietnamese: long lanh
• Translator English - Tamil: மினு
• Translator English - Marathi: चमक
• Translator English - Turkish: Parıltı
• Translator English - Italian: scintillare
• Translator English - Polish: brokat
• Translator English - Ukrainian: блиск
• Translator English - Romanian: glitter
• Translator English - Greek: glitter
• Translator English - Afrikaans: glitter
• Translator English - Swedish: glitter
• Translator English - Norwegian: glitter

10 QUOTES WITH «GLITTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word glitter.

1

Ansel Adams

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.

2

John Burdett

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id.

3

Mario Cuomo

We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things. And we'll do it not so much with speeches that will bring people to their feet as with speeches that bring people to their senses.

4

Lou Doillon

What I realized is that the desire for making 'Places' came from the fact that I've got this strange situation with having been born in the glitter, born on the other side of the mirror that everyone fantasizes about.

5

Stone Gossard

My daughter loves to do art stuff. As a father, I like to play with her. We break out the big pads of paper and the glitter and all the stuff. She likes to do what she likes to do. I want to do something, too. So I've just started using her same materials - a lot of crayons, a lot of sparkle, charcoal, pencils, markers and glue.

6

Owen Hart

They said they wanted a lot of feathers, glitter, colourful colours. A costume. So I had a lady here in Calgary make it. She just kind of put together what I had in mind.

7

Paris Hilton

Some girls are just born with glitter in their veins.

8

Olivia Holt

One year, I was a go-go girl for Halloween, and I got all this glitter eye shadow, my hair was poufy with braids, I was wearing all these different colors and fake eyelashes that went all the way up to my eyebrows. I totally enjoy the whole Halloween feel.

9

F. Sionil Jose

We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.

10

Kelis

I don't think people know me at all. At the end of the day, if you see me in sequins and glitter out at a club, you might think that's all there is. But, you know, it's just glitter. My friends who I've known since I was 17 - they know who I am.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLITTER»

Discover the use of glitter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to glitter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Beneath the Glitter: A Novel

From internet stars Elle and Blair Fowler comes a scintillating new novel that takes readers Beneath the Glitter of the glitzy L.A. social scene.

Elle Fowler, Blair Fowler, 2012

Glitter & Greed: The Secret World of the Diamond Cartel

With Leonardo DiCaprio’s movie The Blood Diamond making more people than ever aware of the seamy side of the diamond trade, Janine Roberts’ explosive exposé, taking us through seven decades of intrigue and manipulation, is the right ...

Janine Farrell-Robert, 2007

Grace the Glitter Fairy

Party decorations have lost their sparkle, and it's all because of Grace the Glitter Fairy's missing party bag! The girls are determined to track it down...but how?

Daisy Meadows, 2005

Blood and Glitter: Glam - An Eyewitness Account

Photographs of rock musicians during the era of glam rock.

Mick Rock, David Bowie, 2001

Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out

When Allie Finkle's mom announces that she has to go to Brittany Hauser's birthday party instead of her friend Missy's baton competition, Allie must decide if lying to Missy will be worth the consequences of her actions.

Meg Cabot, 2010

Glitter and Glue: A Memoir

Praise for Glitter and Glue “I loved this book, I was moved by this book, and now I will share this book with my own mother—along with my renewed appreciation for certain debts of love that can never be repaid.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, ...

Kelly Corrigan, 2014

Why Do Diamonds Glitter? Level 5 Factbook

A series of twenty non-fiction science readers which engages children in the world around them.

Helen Bethune, 2010

Glitter Baby

Welcome to the world of the Glitter Baby Fleur Savagar is the most beautiful woman in the world . . . to everyone but herself.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips, 2009

Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s

Curiously, as this important book shows, these years of upheaval were also a time of creative ferment and innovative accomplishment in literature, theater, film, and art.

Sabine Rewald, 2006

The Grit Beneath the Glitter: Tales from the Real Las Vegas

An anthology of essays and first-person narratives offers a glimpse of the people and institutions that support the Las Vegas gaming industry.

Hal Rothman, Mike Davis, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLITTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term glitter is used in the context of the following news items.

Classic cars fill Palmer Park with glitter and gleam

ST. CLAIR – Throw in a few strings of banners, some pinwheels and maybe a giant inflatable gorilla, and St. Clair's Palmer Park would have ... «Port Huron Times Herald, Jul 15»

Light and sound show to add glitter to Odisha's Dhauli on Rath Yatra

Light and sound show to add glitter to Odisha's Dhauli on Rath Yatra. Odisha Sun Times Bureau Bhubaneswar, Jul 11: One of the three proposed light and ... «Odisha Sun Times, Jul 15»

The Grown-up Way to Pull Off Gold Glitter

Gold glitter is a lot like champagne—bright, celebratory, and made for special occasions (even Bowie didn't go there all the time). "What's more ... «Allure Magazine, Jul 15»

Sprinkle Of Glitter's Book Lands On UK Bestsellers List

Louise Pentland (aka Sprinkle of Glitter) joined the ranks of published YouTube stars on July 2, 2015, with the release of her first book Life with ... «Tubefilter, Jul 15»

Smoke and mirrors and glitter at Hosfelt

The Dusseldorf, Germany, artist Luka Fineisen has been busy at Hosfelt Gallery for two weeks, installing a fog machine and manipulating Mylar ... «SFGate, Jul 15»

Cuban dance troupe goes behind the glitter

If, like so many Canadians, you've vacationed in Cuba, at least part of Showroom, a Panamania presentation that marks the local debut of ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»

Toronto's Bossie go pure-pop with glitter-doused 'Meteor' video

Toronto's Bossie have well and truly announced themselves with 'Meteor'. Not only is it hands down one of the more direct, glimmering synth ... «DIY Magazine, Jul 15»

Modi Adds Glitter to Stocks as India Funds Lure $16 Billion

The 33-year-old resident of Kolkata, who saves about 26,000 rupees ($409) a month, says he'll invest it all in equity funds over coming months ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»

Diamond loses glitter on slack demand, higher prices

The sharp fall in demand for polished diamonds and increase in rough diamond prices have taken a heavy toll on the Indian cut and polish ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»

Glitter accessories store opens in Lima Mall

LIMA — Nancy Ortiz never thought a store like Glitter Accessories would open in the Lima Mall. “I didn't think they would open one that sells ... «Lima Ohio, Jul 15»