luminous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French lumineus, from Latin lūminōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːmɪnəs/

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Adjective

luminous (comparative more luminous, superlative most luminous)

1. Emitting light; glowing brightly.

   Synonyms: beamful, shining, radiant; see also Thesaurus:shining

   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 11, [1]

     The bonfire in his heart made luminous the rose-tan in his cheek.

2. Brightly illuminated.

   Synonyms: lighted, lit up; see also Thesaurus:illuminated

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• luminosity

Related terms

• illuminate

Translations

emitting light; glowing brightly

• Bashkir: яҡты (yaqtï)
• Bau Bidayuh: bidingiem
• Bulgarian: светещ (svetešt)
• Catalan: lluminós (ca)
• Finnish: valaiseva (fi), kirkas (fi), valovoimainen
• French: lumineux (fr)
• Galician: luminoso m
• Georgian: მნათობი (mnatobi), მნათი (mnati), მანათებელი (manatebeli), ნათელი (nateli)
• German: leuchtend (de)
• Greek: φωτεινός (el) (foteinós)

  Ancient: φωτεινός (phōteinós)

• Ido: lumoza (io)
• Indonesian: berkilau (id)

• Irish: lonrúil, lonrach
• Italian: luminoso (it)
• Latin: lūminōsus
• Malay: berkilau
• Portuguese: luminoso (pt)
• Romanian: luminos (ro)
• Russian: светя́щийся (ru) (svetjáščijsja), флюоресце́нтный (ru) (fljuorescéntnyj)
• Sanskrit: उज्ज्वल (sa) (ujjvala)
• Spanish: luminoso (es)
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} ஒளிரும் (oḷirum)
• Tocharian B: perne
• Ukrainian: блискучий (uk) (blyskučyj)

brightly illuminated

• Bulgarian: светъл (bg) (svetǎl), осветен (bg) (osveten)
• Finnish: kirkkaasti valaistu

• Russian: освещённый (ru) (osveščónnyj), я́ркий (ru) (járkij)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} lumineux (fr)

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} luminoso (it)