vibrant

English

Etymology

From French vibrant, from Latin vibrans, present participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”); see vibrate.

Adjective

vibrant (comparative more vibrant, superlative most vibrant)

1. Pulsing with energy or activity

   He has a vibrant personality.

2. Lively and vigorous
3. Vibrating, resonant or resounding
   • 1770, Anthony Champion, “The Empire of Love. / A Philosophical Poem.”, Miscellanies, in Verse and Prose, English and Latin, T. Bensley, for J. White, page 111: 

     Mock their pale vigils, void and vain, / Whether, more curious than humane, / Like Augurs old, they pore / On the still-vibrant fibre's frame;

   • 1905, David Thomas Ffrangcon-Davies, The Singing of the Future, J. Lane, page 258:

     A vibrant voice in the true sense is of course desirable

4. (of a colour) bright

Related terms

• vibrate
• vibration
• vibrator

Translations

Pulsing with energy or activity

• Dutch: energiek (nl)
• Galician: vibrante (gl)
• German: dynamisch (de), pulsierend (de)

• Norwegian: pulserende (no)
• Russian: живой (ru) (živoj)
• Spanish: vibrante (es) m and f
• Turkish: hayat dolu (tr), hareketli (tr)

Lively and vigorous

• Dutch: levendig (nl), kwiek (nl)
• Galician: vibrante (gl)
• German: lebendig (de), lebhaft (de), lebenssprühend (de), kräftig (de)

• Russian: живой (ru) (živoj)
• Spanish: vibrante (es) m and f
• Turkish: canlı (tr), enerjik (tr), güçlü (tr), coşkun (tr), ateşli (tr)

Vibrating, resonant or resounding

• German: vibrierend (de), schwingend (de), strahlend (de)
• Russian: резонирующий (ru) (rezonirujuščij)

• Spanish: vibrante (es) m and f
• Turkish: çınlayan (tr), çınlayıcı (tr), titreşen (tr), titreşimli (tr)

External links

• vibrant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• vibrant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Verb

vibrant

1. Present participle of vibrer.

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Latin

Verb

vibrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of vibrō