luminous
//ˈluːmənəs//LOO-muh-nuhs
//ˈlumənəs//LOO-muh-nuhs
Meaningfull of light
Common meaning: giving off light
- luminlight; a lampLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1084 · scan
- ousadjective ending: full of, having
Journey through time
- Latinlūmen, -inis‘light’
- Frenchlumineux
- Englishluminous‘giving off light’ · today
lumin also in: luminaryilluminate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Latin lūmen ‘light; a lamp’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry lūmen, p. 1084 · dictionary scan
Roots
- lūmen, -inis Latin “light; a lamp”
Related words
Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app