scintillant

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪntɪlənt/
Audio (RP) (file)

Adjective[edit]

scintillant (comparative more scintillant, superlative most scintillant)

That scintillates.
- 1950, Jack Vance, Dying Earth
  The father said with patience, "I will bestow on you my fine white horse, my Expansible Egg for your shelter, my Scintillant Dagger to illuminate the night […]

Translations[edit]

that scintillates

Bulgarian: искрящ (bg) (iskrjašt)
French: scintillant (fr) m
Polish: błyszczący (pl)

French[edit]

Participle[edit]

scintillant

present participle of scintiller

Adjective[edit]

scintillant (feminine scintillante, masculine plural scintillants, feminine plural scintillantes)

scintillating

Further reading[edit]

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

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

scintillant

third-person plural present active indicative of scintillō

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