illumination

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

illumination (plural illuminations)

1. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
3. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).

Translations

the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated

Chinese: Mandarin: 照明 (zh) (zhàomíng) Esperanto: iluminado (eo) French: illumination (fr) f. German: Beleuchtung (de) f. Hebrew: תאורה (he) (teurá) f. Italian: illuminazione (it) f.

Japanese: 照明 (ja) (しょうめい, shōmei) Kurdish: ڕۆشنایی Portuguese: iluminação (pt) f. Russian: освещение (ru) (osveščénije) n., иллюминация (ru) (illjuminácija) f. Serbian: prosvetljenje n. Vietnamese: bôi lên (vi) f.

festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights

Hungarian: kivilágítás (hu)

Russian: иллюминация (ru) (illjuminácija) f.

adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Noun

illumination f. (plural illuminations)

1. enlightenment (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

This French entry was created from the translations listed at enlightenment. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see illumination in the French Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) March 2010