fulgere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fulgēre, present active infinitive of fulgeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈful.d͡ʒe.re/, [ˈful̺ʲd͡ʒer̺e]
• Rhymes: -uldʒere
• Hyphenation: fùl‧ge‧re

Verb

fulgere

1. (intransitive, poetic) to shine, sparkle, glitter, flash

   Synonyms: (literary) rifulgere, risplendere

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXVI, pages 137–138, lines 64–66:

     Fulgeami già in fronte la corona ¶ di quella terra che ’l Danubio riga ¶ poi che le ripe tedesche abbandona.

     Already flashed upon my brow the crown of that dominion which the Danube waters after the German borders it abandons.

Conjugation

• Note: defective verb - no past participle or compound tenses.

Derived terms

• rifulgere

Anagrams

• refulge

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) fulgēre

1. present active infinitive of fulgeō

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfuld͡ʒere]

Verb

fulgere

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of fulgera
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of fulgera