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adjective

  1. Full of joyful, unrestrained high spirits: ebullient, effervescent, exuberant. See happy/unhappy.
  2. Amusing or pleasing because of wit or originality: clever, scintillating, smart, witty. See laughter.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
  Synonyms: twinkle, scintillation


The adjective sparkling has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: shining with brilliant points of light like stars

Meaning #2: marked by high spirits or excitement
  Synonyms: bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkly

Meaning #3: used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide
  Synonym: effervescent
  Antonym: still (meaning #5)

Meaning #4: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
  Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly


Translations: Sparkling
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mousserende vin
adj. - mousserende, skummende, gnistrende, funklende

idioms:

  • sparkling wine    mousserende vin

Nederlands (Dutch)
twinkeling, fonkelend, sprankelend, bruisend, mousserend

Français (French)
n. - scintillement
adj. - étincelant, scintillant, brillant, plein de brio, pétillant (une boisson)

idioms:

  • sparkling wine    mousseux

Deutsch (German)
n. - Funkeln, Glitzern
adj. - funkelnd, glitzernd

idioms:

  • sparkling wine    Schaumwein

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αστραποβόλημα, σπινθηροβόλημα
adj. - αστραφτερός, πνευματώδης, αφρώδης (οίνος κ.λπ.)

idioms:

  • sparkling wine    αφρώδης οίνος

Italiano (Italian)
spumante, scintillante, gasato, spumeggiante

idioms:

  • sparkling wine    spumante

Português (Portuguese)
n. - espumante, que brilha ou reluz
adj. - brilhante, reluzente, animado

idioms:

  • sparkling wine    vinho espumante (m)

Русский (Russian)
искрящийся, сверкающий, блестящий, игристый

idioms:

  • sparkling wine    шипучее вино

Español (Spanish)
n. - titileo, centelleo, destellos
adj. - brillante, centelleante, chispeante, vivaz, espumoso, efervescente

idioms:

  • sparkling wine    vino espumoso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mousserande vin
adj. - mousserande, pärlande, bubblande, mycket livlig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
闪闪发光的物品, 闪闪发光的, 发泡的, 闪烁的

idioms:

  • sparkling wine    起泡酒, 汽酒

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 閃閃發光的物品
adj. - 閃閃發光的, 發泡的, 閃爍的

idioms:

  • sparkling wine    起泡酒, 汽酒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 광자의 작은 부분, 빛나는 성질
adj. - 불꽃을 내는, 발포성의, 생기에 찬

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 火花を発する, 活気に満ちた

idioms:

  • sparkling wine    発泡酒

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألنوع ألاوروبي من ألسمك ألصغير ألفضي (صفه) فوار, مفعم بالحيويه, رائع, متألق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משקה תוסס‬
adj. - ‮מבריק, נוצץ, תוסס, מבעבע‬


 
 
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