splendid

English

Etymology

From Latin splendidus, from splendere (“to shine”) +‎ -idus (“adjective forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈsplɛndɪd/

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Adjective

splendid (comparative splendider or more splendid, superlative splendidest or most splendid)

1. Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun.
2. Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or pageant.
3. Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous; as, a splendid victory or reputation.

Synonyms

• great
• magnificent
• marvellous

Derived terms

• splendidness

Related terms

• resplend
• resplendent
• splendor

Translations

possessing or displaying splendor

• Catalan: esplèndid (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輝煌 (cmn), 辉煌 (cmn) (huīhuáng)

• Finnish: loistava (fi)
• French: splendide (fr)
• German: glänzend (de)

• Hindi: शानदार (hi) (śāndār)
• Hungarian: ragyogó (hu), tündöklő (hu)
• Japanese: 見事 (ja) (みごと, migoto), 素敵 (ja) (すてき, suteki na)
• Latvian: krāšņs (lv), grezns (lv)
• Russian: великолепный (ru) (velikolépnyj), превосходный (ru) (prevosxódnyj)

showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous

• Armenian: պերճ (hy) (perč̣)
• Catalan: esplèndid (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壯麗 (cmn), 壮丽 (cmn) (zhuànglì), 燦爛 (cmn), 灿烂 (cmn) (cànlàn)

• French: splendide (fr)
• German: prächtig (de)

• Hindi: शानदार (hi) (śāndār)
• Hungarian: pompás (hu), tüneményes (hu)
• Japanese: 豪華 (ja) (ごうか, gōka), 華麗 (ja) (かれい, karei na)
• Latvian: krāšņs (lv), grezns (lv)
• Manx: ard-yindyssagh (gv)
• Russian: великолепный (ru) (velikolépnyj)

illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated

• Armenian: փայլուն (hy) (p’aylun)
• Catalan: esplèndid (ca)
• French: fameux (fr)
• German: hervorragend

• Hungarian: nagyszerű (hu), remek (hu)
• Japanese: 立派 (ja) (りっぱ, rippa), 輝かしい (ja) (かがやかしい, kagayakasī)
• Volapük: nidik (vo)

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• Arabic: مشرق (múšreq)
• Mandarin: 輝煌的, 辉煌的 (huīhuáng de)
• Dutch: schitterend, prachtig
• Greek: μεγαλοπρεπής (megaloprepis) m, λαμπρός (lambros) m, έξοχος (eksokhos) m, υπέροχος (iperokhos) m, άριστος (aristos) m, θαυμάσιος (thavmasios) m
• Irish: calma (ga)

• Italian: splendido
• Korean: 장엄한 (jang-eomhan)
• Portuguese: esplêndido
• Serbo-Croatian: veleban, veličanstven, velelepno
• Spanish: espléndido
• Swedish: glänsande

Anagrams

• spindled