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German: Glitter

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German term or phrase:Glitter
English translation:glitter/types of glitter/glitters
Entered by:Claudia Mark
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German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Cosmetics, Beauty
German term or phrase: Glitter
Weltbekannte Hersteller von Kosmetikartikeln setzten in ihren Produkten unserern GLITTER bereits als Rohstoff ein.

maybe glitters??? or do you know a special phrase for GLITTER? Thanks a lot!
Claudia Mark
Germany
Clarification request(s) and response
Gauri Shringarpure: 7:45am Nov 21, 2007: Glitter is a collective noun, but it depends- A lot of glitter; 5 bottles of glitter. If this is a catalog/marketing text, it could be their different KINDS or brands of glitter - shortened to say glitters. (Our glitters are used by X, Y, & Z companies).

glitter/types of glitter/glitters
Explanation:
I would say glitters in this particular context but have never seen it. Glitter is used as a collective
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mbrodie
United Kingdom
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thanks!
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glitter/types of glitter/glitters

Explanation:
I would say glitters in this particular context but have never seen it. Glitter is used as a collective

mbrodie
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Note from asker to answerer
thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Gauri Shringarpure: agree with everything you say. It's generally glitters, but I'd say "glitters" here (see my note)
52 mins

agree Beth Jones: I agree with both Gauri & mbrodie -- what does Google say? That will bring up a lot of variations for you to consider.
2 hrs

agree Courtney Sliwinski
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agree Julia Lipeles
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