illumination

English

Etymology

Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchillumination,fromLate Latinilluminatio,fromLatinillumino.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio(US):

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

Noun

illumination(countableanduncountable,pluralilluminations)

1. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
2. Festivedecoration of houses or buildings with lights.
3. Adornmentof books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. Seeilluminate(transitive verb).
4. (figurative)Splendour; brightness.
5. (figurative)Enlighteninginfluence;inspiration.

Synonyms

• lumination(rare)

Derived terms

• bioillumination
• counterillumination
• endoillumination
• global illumination
• illuminationism
• illuminationist
• illumination problem
• nonillumination
• oblique illumination
• overillumination
• over-illumination
• photoillumination
• postillumination
• preillumination
• reillumination
• retroillumination
• structured illumination
• structured illumination microscopy
• transillumination
• underillumination
• unillumination

Related terms

• illuminator

Translations

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

• Albanian:ndriçim(sq)
• Arabic:إِضَاءَةf(ʔiḍāʔa)
• Armenian:լուսավորություն(hy)(lusavorutʻyun)
• Belarusian:асвятле́ннеsg(asvjatljénnje),ілюміна́цыяf(iljuminácyja)
• Bulgarian:осветле́ние(bg)n(osvetlénie),осветя́ване(bg)n(osvetjávane)
• Cherokee:ᎠᏨᏍᏙᏗ(atsvsdodi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Chiếu minh(zh)(zhàomíng)

• Czech:osvětlení(cs)n,iluminace(cs)f
• Dutch:verlichting(nl)f
• Esperanto:iluminado
• Finnish:valaistus(fi),valaiseminen(fi)
• French:illumination(fr)f
• Galician:iluminación(gl)f
• Georgian:განათება(ganateba)
• German:Beleuchtung(de)f
• Greek:φωτισμός(el)m(fotismós)
• Hebrew:תְּאוּרָהf(t'urá)
• Hindi:दीप्ति(hi)f(dīpti),रोशनी(hi)f(rośnī)
• Hungarian:megvilágítás(hu)
• Indonesian:iluminasi(id),penyinaran(id)
• Irish:soilsiúm
• Italian:illuminazione(it)f
• Japanese:Chiếu minh(ja)(しょうめい, shōmei)
• Korean:조명( chiếu minh )(ko)(jomyeong)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:ڕۆشنایی(roşnayî)

• Macedonian:осветлувањеn(osvetluvanje)
• Malay:pencahayaan(ms)
• Maori:tūramatanga
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian:رُوْشَنایی(fa)(rowšanâyi),نورْپَرْدازی(nurpardâzi),رُوْشَنی(fa)(rowšani)

• Polish:oświetlenie(pl)n,iluminacja(pl)f
• Portuguese:iluminação(pt)f
• Romanian:iluminație(ro)f,iluminare(ro)f
• Russian:освеще́ние(ru)n(osveščénije),иллюмина́ция(ru)f(illjuminácija)
• Scottish Gaelic:soilleireachadhm
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:ра̑светаn,ра̑свјетаf

  Roman:rȃsveta(sh)f,rȃsvjeta(sh)f

• Slovak:osvetlenien,ilumináciaf
• Slovene:svetloba(sl)f
• Spanish:iluminación(es)f
• Tocharian B:lyūke,lalaukar
• Turkish:aydınlatma(tr)
• Ukrainian:осві́тленняn(osvítlennja),ілюміна́ціяf(iljuminácija)
• Urdu:روشْنیf(rośnī)
• Uzbek:yoritish
• Vietnamese:bôi lênf

festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights

• Armenian:հրավառություն(hy)(hravaṙutʻyun)
• Bulgarian:светли́нна укра́саf(svetlínna ukrása)
• Finnish:juhlavalaistus
• Hungarian:kivilágítás(hu)
• Irish:soilsiúm
• Italian:luminaria(it)f
• 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:илюстра́ции(bg)fpl(iljustrácii)
• French:enluminure(fr)
• Indonesian:iluminasi(id)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian:تَذْهیب(fa)(tazhib),زَرْنِگاری(zarnegâri)

• Spanish:ilustración(es)f

French

Etymology

BorrowedfromLate Latinilluminātiōnem,fromLatinilluminō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

illuminationf(pluralilluminations)

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

Related terms

• illuminer

Further reading

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