bagliore

Italian

Etymology

From Middle High German baidan. Related to or influenced by Catalan badar (“to gape, observe”) and French berlue (“distorted vision”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baʎˈʎo.re/
  • Rhymes: -ore

Noun

bagliore m (plural bagliori)

  1. glow
  2. glare, dazzle
  3. flash or ray (of light)

References
  1. Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “bagliore”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
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