different between vivid vs luminescent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek ???? (bíos, “life”).

The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from a brand name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?v?d/

Adjective

vivid (comparative vivider, superlative vividest)

1. (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
2. (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
3. Full of life, strikingly alive.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

vivid (plural vivids)

1. (New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker.

Further reading

• vivid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vivid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Spanish

Verb

vivid

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of vivir.

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu?m??n?s(?)nt/
• Hyphenation: lumin?es?cent
• Rhymes: -?s?nt

Adjective

luminescent (comparative more luminescent, superlative most luminescent)

1. Emitting light by luminescence.

Derived terms

Related terms

• luminesce
• luminescence
• phosphorescent

See also

• fluorescent
• iridescent

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

luminescent (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.
• “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.

French

Adjective

luminescent (feminine singular 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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French luminescent

Adjective

luminescent m or n (feminine singular luminescent?, masculine plural luminescen?i, feminine and neuter plural luminescente)

1. luminescent

Declension