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 Definitions of luminous  [ˈlu mə nəs]  

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Definition of 'luminous' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) luminous
radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.

2.  luminous
lighted up or illuminated; well-lighted:
the luminous ballroom.

3.  luminous
brilliant intellectually; enlightened or enlightening.

4.  luminous
clear; readily intelligible.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME < L lūminōsus)

Definition of 'luminous' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) aglow(p), lambent, lucent, luminous
softly bright or radiant
"a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"


Definition of 'luminous' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) luminous
shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color

2. (adj) luminous
illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous

3. (adj) luminous
enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind


Translation of 'luminous' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: giving out light; faintly shining so as to be visible in the dark
a luminous clock-face.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: liggewend Arabic flag Arabic: مُضيء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: светъл
Brazilian flag Brazilian: luminoso Czech flag Czech: svítící, světélkující German flag German: Leucht-...
Danish flag Danish: lysende; selvlysende Greek flag Greek: φωτεινός Spanish flag Spanish: luminoso
Estonian flag Estonian: helendav Farsi flag Farsi: تابان Finnish flag Finnish: valaiseva
French flag French: lumineux Hebrew flag Hebrew: מֵאִיר Hindi flag Hindi: प्रकाशमान, चमकीला
Croatian flag Croatian: fluorescentan, svijetleći Hungarian flag Hungarian: világító Indonesian flag Indonesian: bersinar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: lÿsandi; sjálflÿsandi Italian flag Italian: luminoso Japanese flag Japanese: 光る
Korean flag Korean: 빛을 내는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: švytintis, šviečiantis, š Latvian flag Latvian: spīdošs; gaismas-
Malay flag Malay: berkilau Dutch flag Dutch: lichtgevend Norwegian flag Norwegian: lysende; selvlysende
Polish flag Polish: świecący, fosforyzujący Persian flag Persian: ،درخشان تابان Pashto flag Pashto: ځلانده،روښانه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: luminoso Romanian flag Romanian: luminos Russian flag Russian: светящийся
Slovak flag Slovak: svietiaci; svetielkujúci Slovenian flag Slovenian: svetleč Serbian flag Serbian: svetleći
Swedish flag Swedish: [själv]lysande Thai flag Thai: สว่าง Turkish flag Turkish: parlayan, fosforlu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 發光的,夜光的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: такий, що проливає світло Urdu flag Urdu: پر نور
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dạ quang Chinese flag Chinese: 发光的

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