refulgence

English

Etymology

From Latin refulgentia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈfʌl.d͡ʒənts/, /ɹəˈfʌl.d͡ʒənts/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈfʌl.d͡ʒənts/, /ɹəˈfʊl.d͡ʒənts/

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Noun

refulgence (countable and uncountable, plural refulgences)

1. the quality of being refulgent; refulgency
   • 2022 August 6, Christopher Howse, “Spoken from the bright cloud on the mountain”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 52,013, page 27:

     In a parallel way the refulgence of Jesus's body at the Transfiguration was miraculous, transitory, like sun lighting up the air.

Related terms

• effulgence
• refulgency
• refulgent

Translations

the quality of being refulgent

• Bulgarian: блясък (bg) m (bljasǎk), сияние (bg) (sijanie)
• Catalan: refulgència f
• French: éclat (fr) m
• Galician: refulxencia (gl) f
• Latin: refulgentia f
• Pashto: ځل (ps) sg or m (zël)
• Portuguese: refulgência f
• Spanish: refulgencia (es) f