flimmer

English

Etymology

From blend of flicker +‎ glimmer.

Pronunciation

Noun

flimmer (plural flimmers)

  1. A flickering glimmer.[1][2]
  2. One of the delicate lateral filaments typical of some flagella. (mastigoneme)[1]

Verb

flimmer (third-person singular simple present flimmers, present participle flimmering, simple past and past participle flimmered)

  1. (intransitive) To glimmer, flicker.
    Synonyms: twinkle, flicker, glimmer

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “flimmer”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future‎[1], Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from flimra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɪmːer/

Noun

flimmer n

  1. flickering
  2. (in some compounds) fibrillation

Declension

Declension of flimmer
nominative genitive
singular indefinite flimmer flimmers
definite flimret flimrets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Derived terms

References

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