illumination

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French illumination, from Late Latin illuminatio, from Latin illumino.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˌlumɪˈneɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˌl(j)umɪˈneɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: il‧lu‧mi‧na‧tion

Noun

illumination (countable and uncountable, plural illuminations)

1. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
3. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).
4. (figurative) Splendour; brightness.
5. (figurative) Enlightening influence; inspiration.

Synonyms

• lumination (rare)

Derived terms

• bioillumination
• counterillumination
• endoillumination
• global illumination
• illuminationism
• illuminationist
• illumination problem
• nonillumination
• oblique illumination
• overillumination
• over-illumination
• photoillumination
• postillumination
• preillumination
• reillumination
• retroillumination
• structured illumination
• structured illumination microscopy
• transillumination
• underillumination
• unillumination

 

Related terms

• illuminator

Translations

the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated

• Albanian: ndriçim (sq)
• Arabic: إِضَاءَة f (ʔiḍāʔa)
• Armenian: լուսավորություն (hy) (lusavorutʻyun)
• Belarusian: асвятле́нне sg (asvjatljénnje), ілюміна́цыя f (iljuminácyja)
• Bulgarian: осветле́ние (bg) n (osvetlénie), осветя́ване (bg) n (osvetjávane)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏨᏍᏙᏗ (atsvsdodi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 照明 (zh) (zhàomíng)

• Czech: osvětlení (cs) n, iluminace (cs) f
• Dutch: verlichting (nl) f
• Esperanto: iluminado
• Finnish: valaistus (fi), valaiseminen (fi)
• French: illumination (fr) f
• Galician: iluminación (gl) f
• Georgian: განათება (ganateba)
• German: Beleuchtung (de) f
• Greek: φωτισμός (el) m (fotismós)
• Hebrew: תְּאוּרָה f (t'urá)
• Hindi: दीप्ति (hi) f (dīpti), रोशनी (hi) f (rośnī)
• Hungarian: megvilágítás (hu)
• Indonesian: iluminasi (id), penyinaran (id)
• Irish: soilsiú m
• Italian: illuminazione (it) f
• Japanese: 照明 (ja) (しょうめい, shōmei)
• Korean: 조명(照明) (ko) (jomyeong)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕۆشنایی (roşnayî)

• Macedonian: осветлување n (osvetluvanje)
• Malay: pencahayaan (ms)
• Maori: tūramatanga
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: رُوْشَنایی (fa) (rowšanâyi), نورْپَرْدازی (nurpardâzi), رُوْشَنی (fa) (rowšani)

• Polish: oświetlenie (pl) n, iluminacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: iluminação (pt) f
• Romanian: iluminație (ro) f, iluminare (ro) f
• Russian: освеще́ние (ru) n (osveščénije), иллюмина́ция (ru) f (illjuminácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: soilleireachadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра̑света n, ра̑свјета f

  Roman: rȃsveta (sh) f, rȃsvjeta (sh) f

• Slovak: osvetlenie n, iluminácia f
• Slovene: svetloba (sl) f
• Spanish: iluminación (es) f
• Tocharian B: lyūke, lalaukar
• Turkish: aydınlatma (tr)
• Ukrainian: осві́тлення n (osvítlennja), ілюміна́ція f (iljuminácija)
• Urdu: روشْنی f (rośnī)
• Uzbek: yoritish
• Vietnamese: bôi lên f

festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights

• Armenian: հրավառություն (hy) (hravaṙutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: светли́нна укра́са f (svetlínna ukrása)
• Finnish: juhlavalaistus
• Hungarian: kivilágítás (hu)
• Irish: soilsiú m
• Italian: luminaria (it) f
• Japanese: イルミネーション (iruminēshon), ライトアップ (raito appu)
• Russian: иллюмина́ция (ru) f (illjuminácija)
• Spanish: iluminación (es) f

adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations

• Bulgarian: илюстра́ции (bg) f pl (iljustrácii)
• French: enluminure (fr)
• Indonesian: iluminasi (id)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: تَذْهیب (fa) (tazhib), زَرْنِگاری (zarnegâri)

• Spanish: ilustración (es) f

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin illuminātiōnem, from Latin illuminō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

illumination f (plural illuminations)

1. enlightenment (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
2. illumination, lighting

Related terms

• illuminer

Further reading

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