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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
radiant (comparative more radiant, superlative most radiant)
- Radiating light and/or heat.
- the radiant sun
- Emitted as radiation.
- Beaming with vivacity and happiness.
- a radiant face
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil ! You ! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow !” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
- 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171:
- Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.
- Strikingly beautiful.
- 1893, E. Werner, Clear the Track!, page 94:
- And yet she was ensnaringly beautiful, despite her pride and self-consciousness; radiant and certain of conquest she stood before the man who alone seemed to have neither eye nor ear for charms that had never elsewhere played her false.
- Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
- (heraldry) Giving off rays; said of a bearing.
- the sun radiant; a crown radiant
- (botany) Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
radiating light and/or heat
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emitted as radiation
beaming with vivacity and happiness
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Noun[edit]
radiant (plural radiants)
- A point source from which radiation is emitted.
- (astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
- (geometry) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
Translations[edit]
point source of radiation
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the apparent origin of a meteor shower
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
radiant
Further reading[edit]
- “radiant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
radiant
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
radiant m or n (feminine singular radiantă, masculine plural radianți, feminine and neuter plural radiante)
Declension[edit]
Declension of radiant
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | radiant | radiantă | radianți | radiante | ||
| definite | radiantul | radianta | radianții | radiantele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | radiant | radiante | radianți | radiante | ||
| definite | radiantului | radiantei | radianților | radiantelor | |||
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