splendid

English

Etymology

From Latin splendidus, from splendere (“to shine”) +‎ -idus (“adjective forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsplɛndɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛndɪd

Adjective

splendid (comparative splendider or more splendid, superlative splendidest or most splendid)

1. Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright.

   a splendid sun

2. Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous.

   a splendid palace

   a splendid procession

   a splendid pageant

3. Brilliant, excellent, of a very high standard.
   • November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk

     Hart had to make two splendid saves as Van Persie and Di María took aim and Fellaini should really have done better with a headed chance.

Synonyms

• great
• magnificent
• marvellous

Derived terms

• splendidness

Related terms

• resplend
• resplendent
• splendor

Translations

possessing or displaying splendor

• Catalan: esplèndid (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輝煌 (zh), 辉煌 (zh) (huīhuáng)

• Dutch: stralend (nl), schitterend (nl)
• Finnish: loistava (fi)
• French: splendide (fr)
• Friulian: famôs
• German: glänzend (de)
• Greek: μεγαλοπρεπής (el) (megaloprepís)

  Ancient: μεγαλοπρεπής (megaloprepḗs), λαμπρός (lamprós)

• Hindi: शानदार (hi) (śāndār)
• Hungarian: ragyogó (hu), tündöklő (hu)
• Irish: án (ga)
• Japanese: 見事 (ja) (みごと, migoto), 素敵 (ja) (すてき, suteki na)
• Latin: splendidus
• Latvian: krāšņs, grezns
• Portuguese: esplêndido (pt)
• Romanian: splendid (ro)
• Russian: великоле́пный (ru) (velikolépnyj), превосхо́дный (ru) (prevosxódnyj)

showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous

• Armenian: պերճ (hy) (perč)
• Catalan: esplèndid (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壯麗 (zh), 壮丽 (zh) (zhuànglì), 燦爛 (zh), 灿烂 (zh) (cànlàn)

• Dutch: prachtig (nl), schitterend (nl)
• Finnish: loistokas (fi)
• French: splendide (fr)
• German: prächtig (de)
• Greek: μεγαλοπρεπής (el) (megaloprepís)

  Ancient: μεγαλοπρεπής (megaloprepḗs), λαμπρός (lamprós)

• Hindi: शानदार (hi) (śāndār)

• Hungarian: pompás (hu), tüneményes
• Japanese: 豪華 (ja) (ごうか, gōka), 華麗 (ja) (かれい, karei na)
• Latin: splendidus
• Latvian: krāšņs, grezns
• Manx: ard-yindyssagh
• Portuguese: esplêndido (pt)
• Russian: великоле́пный (ru) (velikolépnyj), прекра́сный (ru) (prekrásnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: velicanstven, sjajan, raskosan
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kšasny

illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated

• Armenian: փայլուն (hy) (pʿaylun)
• Catalan: esplèndid (ca)
• French: fameux (fr)
• German: hervorragend (de)
• Greek: θαυμάσιος (el) (thavmásios)
• Hungarian: nagyszerű (hu), remek (hu)

• Japanese: 立派 (ja) (りっぱ, rippa), 輝かしい (かがやかしい, kagayakasī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: glimrende

• Portuguese: esplêndido (pt)
• Volapük: nidik (vo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} مُشْرِق‎ (mušriq)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} schitterend (nl), ^{(please verify)} prachtig (nl)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} calma
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} splendido (it)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 장엄한 (jang-eomhan)

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 輝煌的, ^{(please verify)} 辉煌的 (huīhuáng de)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} veleban (sh), ^{(please verify)} veličanstven (sh), ^{(please verify)} velelepno
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} espléndido (es)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} glänsande (sv)

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