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illumination
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French illumination, from Late Latin illuminatio, from Latin illumino.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??lum??ne???n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??l(j)um??ne???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: il?lu?mi?na?tion
Noun
illumination (countable and uncountable, plural illuminations)
- The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
- Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
- Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).
- (figuratively) Splendour; brightness.
- (figuratively) Enlightening influence; inspiration.
Synonyms
- lumination (rare)
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin illuminatio, illuminationem, from Latin illumino.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ly.mi.na.sj??/
Noun
illumination f (plural illuminations)
- enlightenment (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
- illumination, lighting
Related terms
- illuminer
Further reading
- “illumination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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illumining
English
Verb
illumining
- present participle of illumine
Noun
illumining (plural illuminings)
- illumination
- 1850, Walter Richard Cassels, "Ode To Fancy", in Eidolon, or the Course of a Soul; and other poems
- And through the rose-coloured atmosphere / All things more lovely and bright appear, / Losing the faintness of earthly things, / And shining with heaven's illuminings.
- 1850, Walter Richard Cassels, "Ode To Fancy", in Eidolon, or the Course of a Soul; and other poems
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