radiante

Esperanto

Adverb

radiante

1. present adverbial active participle of radii

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈdjan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: ra‧diàn‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin radiantem, accusative of radiāns, present participle of radiō (“I radiate”).

Adjective

radiante (plural radianti)

1. (literary) beaming, radiant

   Synonym: raggiante

   • c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures]‎^[1], printed by the Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco, page 2:

     Laudato ſie mi ſignore cũ tucte le tue creature, ſpetialm̃te meſſoꝛ lo fr̃e ſole, lo qual e ioꝛno ⁊ allumini noi ᵱ loi. Et ellu e bellu e radiante cũ grande ſplendore.

     Praised be You, my Lord, with all Your creatures, especially to my worshipful brother sun, which is the day, and through him you give us brightness; and beautiful is he and radiant with splendor great;

Etymology 2

Noun use of the above adjective.

Noun

radiante m (plural radianti)

1. (astronomy) radiant

Etymology 3

Derived from Latin radius +‎ -ante.

Noun

radiante m (plural radianti)

1. (geometry) radian
2. (cooking, kitchen) trammel, ring, grid

References

• radiante¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• radiante² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• radiante³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• adirante, dentaria, teandria

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) radiante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of radiāns

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Portuguese

Adjective

radiante m or f (plural radiantes)

1. radiant (visually dazzling)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:radiante.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin radiāns. Cognate with English radiant.

Adjective

radiante m or f (masculine and feminine plural radiantes)

1. radiant, radiating
2. bright (light, day, weather)
3. beaming, glowing, bright, shining (appearance)

Derived terms

• suelo radiante

Related terms

• irradiar

Further reading

• “radiante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014