"glitz" meaning in English

See glitz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡlɪts/ Audio: en-uk-glitz.ogg Forms: glitzes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪts Etymology: Back-formation from glitzy, in turn from German glitzern (“glint”). Cognate with Old Norse glitra, glita (“glitter”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (glitmunjan, “glisten”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|glitzern||glint}} German glitzern (“glint”), {{cog|non|glitra}} Old Norse glitra, {{cog|got|𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽||glisten}} Gothic 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (glitmunjan, “glisten”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} glitz (countable and uncountable, plural glitzes)
  1. Garish, brilliant showiness. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: glitz and glamour, glitzkrieg Related terms: glitzy Translations (brilliant showiness): blits [masculine] (Dutch), kimallus (Finnish), loisto (Finnish), Pomp [masculine] (German), سوس (süs) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-glitz-en-noun-vAk1aWXv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 90 10

Verb

IPA: /ɡlɪts/ Audio: en-uk-glitz.ogg Forms: glitzes [present, singular, third-person], glitzing [participle, present], glitzed [participle, past], glitzed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪts Etymology: Back-formation from glitzy, in turn from German glitzern (“glint”). Cognate with Old Norse glitra, glita (“glitter”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (glitmunjan, “glisten”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|glitzern||glint}} German glitzern (“glint”), {{cog|non|glitra}} Old Norse glitra, {{cog|got|𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽||glisten}} Gothic 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (glitmunjan, “glisten”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} glitz (third-person singular simple present glitzes, present participle glitzing, simple past and past participle glitzed)
  1. To make glitzly Synonyms: glitz up
    Sense id: en-glitz-en-verb-HuloQTRI

Inflected forms

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