luminescent

English

Etymology

From stem of Latin lumen (“light”) +‎ -escent, equivalent to luminesce +‎ -ent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːmɪˈnɛs(ə)nt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: lumin‧es‧cent
• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

luminescent (comparative more luminescent, superlative most luminescent)

1. Emitting light by luminescence.
   • 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 218:

     But this does not have the slightly yellow glow of things made with luminescent dye.

Derived terms

• autoluminescent
• bioluminescent
• cathodoluminescent
• chemicoluminescent
• chemiluminescent
• chemoluminescent
• electroluminescent
• equiluminescent
• immunoluminescent
• luminescently
• magnetoluminescent
• mechanoluminescent
• nonluminescent
• oxoluminescent
• photoluminescent
• piezoluminescent
• proluminescent
• radioluminescent
• roentgenoluminescent
• superluminescent
• thermoluminescent
• transluminescent
• triboluminescent

 

Related terms

• luminesce
• luminescence
• phosphorescent

Translations

emitting light by luminescence

• Bulgarian: луминесцентен (luminescenten)
• Catalan: luminescent
• Czech: luminiscenční
• French: luminescent (fr)
• Galician: luminescente
• German: lumineszierend (de)
• Irish: lonrach
• Italian: luminescente (it)
• Maori: hīnātore
• Occitan: luminescent
• Portuguese: luminescente (pt)
• Romanian: luminescent (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: soillseach
• Spanish: luminiscente
• Swedish: självlysande (sv)
• Tagalog: masanag

See also

• fluorescent
• iridescent

Catalan

Adjective

luminescent m or f (masculine and feminine plural luminescents)

1. luminescent

Derived terms

• bioluminescent

Related terms

• luminescència

Further reading

• “luminescent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “luminescent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “luminescent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “luminescent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Back-formation from luminescence, on the model of fluorescence / fluorescent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly.mi.nɛ.sɑ̃/ ~ /ly.mi.ne.sɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

luminescent (feminine luminescente, masculine plural luminescents, feminine plural luminescentes)

1. luminescent

Derived terms

• bioluminescent

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French luminescent.

Adjective

luminescent m or n (feminine singular luminescentă, masculine plural luminescenți, feminine and neuter plural luminescente)

1. luminescent

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	luminescent		luminescentă		luminescenți	luminescente
	definite	luminescentul		luminescenta		luminescenții	luminescentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	luminescent		luminescente		luminescenți	luminescente
	definite	luminescentului		luminescentei		luminescenților	luminescentelor