vibrant
See also: Vibrant
English
Etymology
From French vibrant, from Latin vibrans, present participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”). See vibrate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪbɹənt/
Audio (Berkshire, UK) (file)
Adjective
vibrant (comparative more vibrant, superlative most vibrant)
- Pulsing with energy or activity.
- He has a vibrant personality.
- Lively and vigorous.
- Vibrating, resonant or resounding.
- 1770, Anthony Champion, “The Empire of Love. / A Philosophical Poem.”, in Miscellanies, in Verse and Prose, English and Latin, T. Bensley, for J. White, page 111:
- Mock their pale vigils, void and vain, / Whether, more curious than humane, / Like Augurs old, they pore / On the still-vibrant fibre's frame;
- 1905, David Thomas Ffrangcon-Davies, The Singing of the Future, J. Lane, page 258:
- A vibrant voice in the true sense is of course desirable
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- (of a colour) Bright.
Synonyms
- (pulsing with energy or activity): dynamic, energetic, spirited; see also Thesaurus:active
- (lively, vigorous):
- (resonant, resounding): booming, remugient; see also Thesaurus:sonorous
- (bright): dazzling, luminous, nitid
Related terms
- vibrate
- vibration
- vibrantly
- vibrator
Translations
pulsing with energy or activity
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lively and vigorous
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vibrating, resonant or resounding
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Noun
vibrant (plural vibrants)
- (phonetics) Any of a class of consonants including taps and trills.
Further reading
- vibrant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- vibrant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Catalan
Verb
vibrant
- present participle of vibrar
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Participle
vibrant
- present participle of vibrer
Further reading
- “vibrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
vibrant
- third-person plural present active indicative of vibrō
Romanian
Etymology
From French vibrant.
Adjective
vibrant m or n (feminine singular vibrantă, masculine plural vibranți, feminine and neuter plural vibrante)
- vibrant
Declension
Declension of vibrant
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | vibrant | vibrantă | vibranți | vibrante | ||
definite | vibrantul | vibranta | vibranții | vibrantele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | vibrant | vibrante | vibranți | vibrante | ||
definite | vibrantului | vibrantei | vibranților | vibrantelor |