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 Definitions of radiant  [ˈreɪ di ənt]  

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

1. (adj.) radiant
emitting rays of light; shining; bright.

2.  radiant
bright with joy, hope, etc.

3.  radiant
Physics. emitted or propagated by radiation.

4. (n.) radiant
a point or object from which rays proceed.

Etymology:  (1400–50; < L radiant-, s. of radiāns, prp. of radiāre to radiate light, shine, v. der. of radi(us) beam, ray)

Definition of 'radiant' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent
radiating or as if radiating light
"the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset"


Definition of 'radiant' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) radiant
looking extremely happy
The bride was radiant.; a radiant smile

2.  radiant
bright or shining brightly
a radiant light; radiantly red tulips; The boy was grinning radiantly.


Definition of 'radiant' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) radiant
emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate

2. (adj) radiant
especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun

3. (adj) radiant
beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face

4. (adj) radiant
giving off rays; -- said of a bearing; as, the sun radiant; a crown radiant

5. (adj) radiant
having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers

6. (noun) radiant
the luminous point or object from which light emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly

7. (noun) radiant
a straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve

8. (noun) radiant
the point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate


Translation of 'radiant' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: showing great joy
a radiant smile.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skitterend Arabic flag Arabic: مُشْرِق، مُتألِّق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: лъчезарен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: radiante Czech flag Czech: zářivý German flag German: strahlend
Danish flag Danish: strålende; lysende Greek flag Greek: ακτινοβόλος, φωτεινός Spanish flag Spanish: radiante
Estonian flag Estonian: särav Farsi flag Farsi: شاد و خرم Finnish flag Finnish: säteilevä
French flag French: radieux Hebrew flag Hebrew: קוֹרֵן Hindi flag Hindi: दीप्तिमान
Croatian flag Croatian: ozaren Hungarian flag Hungarian: ragyogó Indonesian flag Indonesian: penuh sukacita
Icelandic flag Icelandic: geislandi Italian flag Italian: raggiante Japanese flag Japanese: 晴れやかな
Korean flag Korean: 환한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: spindintis Latvian flag Latvian: starojošs
Malay flag Malay: berseri-seri Dutch flag Dutch: stralend Norwegian flag Norwegian: gledestrålende
Polish flag Polish: promienny Persian flag Persian: شاد و خرم Pashto flag Pashto: ځلاند، روښان، بريښند، وړا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: radioso Romanian flag Romanian: radios Russian flag Russian: сияющий
Slovak flag Slovak: žiarivý Slovenian flag Slovenian: žareč Serbian flag Serbian: blistav
Swedish flag Swedish: glädjestrålande Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งบ่งบอกถึงความสุข Turkish flag Turkish: neşe saçan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 喜氣洋洋的, 容光煥發的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сяючий, променистий Urdu flag Urdu: خوش کن
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hớn hở Chinese flag Chinese: 欢欣的, ,容光焕发的

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