fluorescent
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌflʊəˈɹɛsənt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /flɔˈɹɛsənt/
- Homophone: florescent, in some pronunciations
- Rhymes: -ɛsənt
Adjective edit
fluorescent (comparative more fluorescent, superlative most fluorescent)
- Of or relating to fluorescence.
- Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
- The fluorescent plants shimmered in the darkness.
- Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.
- The quality of fluorescent lighting technology has improved dramatically in recent years.
- Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid
- Her shirt was fluorescent orange.
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of or relating to fluorescence
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Noun edit
fluorescent (plural fluorescents)
- A fluorescent light.
- The fluorescents hummed day and night.
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Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [flu.u.ɾəˈsen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [flu.o.ɾəˈsent]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [flu.o.ɾeˈsent]
Adjective edit
fluorescent m or f (masculine and feminine plural fluorescents)
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Further reading edit
- “fluorescent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fluorescent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “fluorescent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fluorescent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fluorescent (feminine fluorescente, masculine plural fluorescents, feminine plural fluorescentes)
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: fluorescent
- → Turkish: floresan
Further reading edit
- “fluorescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Occitan edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Adjective edit
fluorescent m (feminine singular fluorescenta, masculine plural fluorescents, feminine plural fluorescentas)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French fluorescent.
Adjective edit
fluorescent m or n (feminine singular fluorescentă, masculine plural fluorescenți, feminine and neuter plural fluorescente)
Declension edit
Declension of fluorescent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | fluorescent | fluorescentă | fluorescenți | fluorescente | ||
definite | fluorescentul | fluorescenta | fluorescenții | fluorescentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | fluorescent | fluorescente | fluorescenți | fluorescente | ||
definite | fluorescentului | fluorescentei | fluorescenților | fluorescentelor |