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shimmer

/ˈʃɪmə/SHIH-mur
/ˈʃɪmɚ/SHIH-mur

Meaninggleam

Common meaning: shine with a wavering light

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishscimrian‘gleam’source
  2. Middle Englishshimerensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsgleam → shine with a wavering lightshimmer‘shine with a wavering light’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English scimrian ‘gleam’.

Roots

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