• (RP) IPA: /ˈɡlɪmə(ɹ)/
• (America) IPA: /ˈɡlɪmɚ/

glimmer (plural glimmers)

1. A faint light; a dim glow.

   The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.

2. A flash of light.
3. A faint or remote possibility.

   A glimmer of hope.

4. (dated) mica

• (flash of light) sparkle

• French: lueur
• German: Schimmer
• Italian: barlume, filo
• Portuguese: vislumbre
• Russian: мерца́ние
• Spanish: luz tenue, titileo

• Portuguese: clarão

• French: lueur
• Italian: barlume
• Portuguese: vislumbre

glimmer (glimmers, present participle glimmering; past and past participle glimmered)

1. (intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.

   The fireflies glimmered in the dark.

   the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp

   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene iii]:

     The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.

• (shine with faint unsteady light) flicker, shimmer, twinkle

• French: émettre une lueur
• German: glimmern
• Portuguese: vislumbrar
• Russian: мерца́ть