illuminant

See also: il·luminant

English

Etymology

From French.

Noun

illuminant (plural illuminants)

1. Something that illuminates.
   • 1946 July and August, “The Why and The Wherefore: Natural Gas at Heathfield”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:

     For a good many years, beginning in London, Brighton & South Coast days, the station at Heathfield, between Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne, was lighted by natural gas. The use of this illuminant was discontinued about 1934.

Adjective

illuminant (not comparable)

1. That illuminates.

Translations

That illuminates

• Bulgarian: осветяващ (bg) (osvetjavašt)

References

• “illuminant”, in Collins English Dictionary.

French

Participle

illuminant

1. present participle of illuminer

Further reading

• “illuminant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

illūminant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of illūminō