luminescent

English

Etymology

From stem of Latin lumen (“light”) +‎ -escent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːmɪˈnɛs(ə)nt/
• Hyphenation: lumin‧es‧cent
• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

luminescent (comparative more luminescent, superlative most luminescent)

1. Emitting light by luminescence.

Derived terms

• bioluminescent
• chemiluminescent
• chemoluminescent
• electroluminescent
• immunoluminescent
• mechanoluminescent
• photoluminescent
• piezoluminescent
• proluminescent
• radioluminescent
• superluminescent
• thermoluminescent
• triboluminescent

 

Related terms

• luminesce
• luminescence

See also

• fluorescent
• iridescent

Translations

emitting light by luminescence

• Catalan: luminescent
• Czech: luminiscenční
• French: luminescent (fr)
• Italian: luminescente (it)
• Maori: hīnātore
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: luminescente (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: soillseach
• Spanish: luminiscente
• Tagalog: masanag

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Catalan

Adjective

luminescent m or f (masculine and feminine plural luminescents)

1. luminescent

Derived terms

• bioluminescent

Related terms

• luminescència

Further reading

• “luminescent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “luminescent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “luminescent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “luminescent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Adjective

luminescent (feminine luminescente, masculine plural luminescents, feminine plural luminescentes)

1. luminescent

Derived terms

• bioluminescent

Related terms

• luminescence

Further reading

• “luminescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.