different between colorful vs incandescent

English

Alternative forms

• colourful (Commonwealth English)

Etymology

color +? -ful

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?l?f?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?l?f?l/

Adjective

colorful (comparative more colorful, superlative most colorful) (American spelling)

1. Possessing prominent and varied colors.
   • 1895, The Annual of the British School at Athens

     It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.

2. Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
3. (euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).
   • 2002, news.bbc.co.uk

     Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.

Synonyms

• (possessing prominent and varied colors): motley, multicolored, polychromatic; see also Thesaurus:multicolored

Translations

English

Etymology

From French incandescent, from Latin incandescens, from incandesco (“be heated, glow”), from in- (“intensifying prefix”) + candesco (“become white”), from candidus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.kæn?d?s.?nt/, /???.kæn?d?s.?nt/, /??n.k?n?d?s.?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n.kæn?d?s.?nt/, /??n.k?n?d?s.?nt/
• Rhymes: -?s?nt

Adjective

incandescent (comparative more incandescent, superlative most incandescent)

1. emitting light as a result of being heated
2. shining very brightly
3. showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc.

Derived terms

• incandescent lamp

Related terms

• incandescence
• incandescently

Translations

Noun

incandescent (plural incandescents)

1. An incandescent lamp or bulb

Translations

See also

• fluorescent

French

Etymology

From Latin incandescens, from incandesco (“be heated, glow”), from in- (“intensifying prefix”) + candesco (“become white”), from candidus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.k??.d?.s??/
• Homophone: incandescents
• Hyphenation: in?can?de?scent

Adjective

incandescent (feminine singular incandescente, masculine plural incandescents, feminine plural incandescentes)

1. incandescent

   Lorsque cette masse incandescente sortit des entrailles de la terre, elle se trouva entourée d'eau et se refroidit rapidement. (Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, L'Archipel de Chausey, souvenirs d'un Naturaliste, Revue des Deux Mondes, tome 30, 1842)

Related terms

• incandescence

References

• “incandescent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

• “incandescent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

incand?scent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of incand?sc?

Romanian

Etymology

From French incandescens

Adjective

incandescent m or n (feminine singular incandescent?, masculine plural incandescen?i, feminine and neuter plural incandescente)

1. incandescent

Declension