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{{also|Sheen}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ʃiːn/}}, {{enPR|shēn}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sheen.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|iːn|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|shene}}, {{m|enm|schene}}, from {{inh|en|ang|sċīene|t=beautiful, fair, bright, brilliant, light}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skaunī}}, from  {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skauniz||beautiful}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)kewh₁-}}.

Cognate with {{cog|sco|schene}}, {{m|sco|scheine|t=beautiful, fair, attractive}}, {{cog|stq|skeen|t=clean, pure}}, {{cog|fy|skjin|t=nice, clean}}, {{cog|nl|schoon|t=clean, beautiful, fair}}, {{cog|de|schön|t=beautiful}}, {{cog|da|skøn|t=beautiful}}, {{cog|nb|skjønn|t=beautiful}}, {{cog|nn|skjønn|t=beautiful}}, {{cog|sv|skön||beautiful, fine}}. Compare also the loanword {{cog|fi|kaunis||beautiful}}. See also {{cog|en|show}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|er}}

# {{lb|en|rare|poetic}} [[beautiful|Beautiful]], [[good-looking]], [[attractive]]; [[radiant]]; [[shiny]].
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Waverley|author=Walter Scott|year=1814|passage=Where the fountains glisten '''sheenest''' {{...}} (ch. 12).}}
#* {{RQ:Tasso Fairfax Godfrey of Bulloigne
|passage=Up rose each warrier bold and brave, / Glistening in filed steel and armor '''sheen'''.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|sheenly}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|also|figuratively}} [[splendor|Splendor]]; [[radiance]]; [[shininess]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1946|author=w:Mervyn Peake|title=w:Titus Groan
|passage=There is a greenish '''sheen''' across the shoulders of his greasy black suit, for the morning light has of a sudden begun to dance through the bay window.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Kim Severson|title=The Last, Painful Days of Anthony Bourdain|work=The New York Times|date=2022-09-27|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/27/dining/anthony-bourdain-biography.html|issn=0362-4331|passage=Mr. Leerhsen said in an interview that he wanted to write a book without the dutiful '''sheen''' of what he called “an official Bourdain product.”}}
# A thin layer of a [[substance]] (such as [[oil]]) spread on a [[solid]] or [[liquid]] surface.
#: {{ux|en|oil '''sheen'''}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen| author=w:Harold McGee| year=2004| isbn=978-0-684-80001-1| chapter=1| passage=Perhaps the simplest of sauces is the pat of butter dropped on a heap of hot vegetables, or stirred into rice or noodles, or drawn across the surface of an omelet or steak to give a '''sheen'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2017|author=Jeffrey Miller; Ann Powers|title=Introduction to Environmental Law: Cases and Materials on Water Pollution Control|publisher=West Academic|isbn=9781585761883
|passage=Take the floating scum or oil '''sheen''' prohibitions. A discharger or an inspector simply can look to see if scum, or an oil '''sheen''', is coming from a particular  discharge. Assume an oil '''sheen''' begins at a discharge—is the '''sheen''' caused by that {{...}}}}

=====Derived terms=====
*{{l|en|sheen obsidian}}
* {{l|en|sheenful}}
* {{l|en|sheenless}}
* {{l|en|sheeny}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|splendor; radiance; shininess}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|лъскавина|f}}, {{t+|bg|гланц|m}}, {{t+|bg|блясък}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|glans|m}}, {{t|nl|glittering|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|brilo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|loiste}}, {{t+|fi|kiilto}}, {{t+|fi|hohto}}
* French: {{t+|fr|brillance}}
* German: {{t+|de|Glanz|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|στιλπνότητα|f}}, {{t+|el|λαμπρότητα|f}}, {{t+|el|γυαλάδα|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|आभा |f}}, {{t+|hi|चमक |f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|lonracht|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|brillantezza|f}}, {{t+|it|splendore|m}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Schien|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|brilho|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|блеск|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|blesk|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|brillo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|glans}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|блиск|m}}, {{t|uk|ґлянц|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|rare|intransitive|poetic}} To [[shine]]; to [[glisten]].
#* {{RQ:Byron Childe Harold|canto=I|stanza=XVII|passage=This town, / That, '''sheening''' far, celestial seems to be.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|shine; glisten}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|блестя}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|glanzen}}, {{t|nl|glitteren}}, {{t+|nl|glimmen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|loistaa}}, {{t+|fi|kiiltää}}, {{t+|fi|hohtaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|briller}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|λάμπω}}, {{t+|el|γυαλίζω}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|блесте́ть|impf}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|glänsa}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# The letter [[ش]] in the [[Arabic script]].

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}

{{C|en|Appearance|Arabic letter names}}

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