illumination

illumination

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French illumination, from Late Latin illuminatio, from Latin illumino.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˌlumɪˈneɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˌl(j)umɪˈneɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: il‧lu‧mi‧na‧tion

Noun

illumination (countable and uncountable, plural illuminations)

1. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
3. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).
4. (figurative) Splendour; brightness.
5. (figurative) Enlightening influence; inspiration.

Synonyms

• lumination (rare)

Derived terms

• overillumination
• reillumination
• underillumination

Translations

the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated

Bulgarian: осветяване (bg) n (osvetjavane) Cherokee: ᎠᏨᏍᏙᏗ (atsvsdodi) Chinese: Mandarin: 照明 (zh) (zhàomíng) Dutch: verlichting (nl) f Esperanto: iluminado Finnish: valaistus (fi), valaiseminen (fi) French: illumination (fr) f Galician: iluminación (gl) f German: Beleuchtung (de) f Hebrew: תאורה‎ f (teurá) Irish: soilsiú m Italian: illuminazione (it) f Japanese: 照明 (ja) (しょうめい, shōmei) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ڕۆشنایی‎ (roşnayî) Maori: tūramatanga Persian: روشن کردن‎ (fa) (rowšan kardan) Portuguese: iluminação (pt) f Romanian: iluminație (ro) f, iluminare (ro) f Russian: освеще́ние (ru) n (osveščénije), иллюмина́ция (ru) f (illjuminácija) Scottish Gaelic: soilleireachadh m Serbo-Croatian: prosvetljenje n Spanish: iluminación (es) f Tocharian B: lyūke, lalaukar Ukrainian: освітлення n (osvitlennja), ілюмінація f (iljuminacija) Vietnamese: bôi lên f

festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights

Armenian: հրավառություն (hy) (hravaṙutʿyun) Bulgarian: светлинна украса f (svetlinna ukrasa) Finnish: juhlavalaistus Hungarian: kivilágítás (hu) Irish: soilsiú m Japanese: イルミネーション (iruminēshon), ライトアップ (raito appu) Russian: иллюмина́ция (ru) f (illjuminácija) Spanish: iluminación (es) f

adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations

Bulgarian: илюстрации (bg) f pl (iljustracii) French: enluminure (fr) Persian: تذهیب‎ (fa) (tazhib), زرنگاری‎ (zarnegâri) Spanish: ilustración (es) f

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin illuminatio, illuminationem, from Latin illumino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

illumination f (plural illuminations)

1. enlightenment (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
2. illumination, lighting

Related terms

• illuminer

Further reading

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