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Added 9 October 2026

shine

/ʃaɪn/ noun

In Latin: lūceō, niteō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about shine at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light.

verb

Be bright by reflecting or casting light.
Drive carefully--the wet road reflects
Emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light.
The sun shone bright that day
Be shiny, as if wet.
His eyes were glistening

Origin

From Middle English shinen, schinen (preterite schon, past participle schinen), from Old English sċīnan (“to shine, flash; be resplendent”; preterite sċān, past participle sċinen), from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål skinne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish skina, Faroese and Icelandic skína.

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