fluorescente

Italian

Etymology

Back-formation from fluorescenza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu.o.reʃˈʃɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: flu‧o‧re‧scèn‧te

Adjective

fluorescente m or f by sense (plural fluorescenti)

1. (physics) fluorescent

Related terms

• fluorescenza
• fluoro-

Further reading

• fluorescente in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• fluorescente in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• fluorescente in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• fluorescènte in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• fluorescènte in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French or English fluorescent.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flu.o.ɾeˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/ [flʊ.o.ɾeˈsẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /flwo.ɾeˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flu.o.ɾeˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/ [flʊ.o.ɾeˈsẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /flwo.ɾeˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /flu.o.ɾeˈsẽ.te/ [flʊ.o.ɾeˈsẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /flwo.ɾeˈsẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /flwu.ɾɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ/, /flwu.ɾɨˈʃẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ẽt͡ʃi, -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: flu‧o‧res‧cen‧te

Adjective

fluorescente m or f (plural fluorescentes)

1. (physics) fluorescent

Related terms

• fluorescência

See also

• florescente

Further reading

• “fluorescente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fluorescente”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “fluorescente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “fluorescente”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “fluorescente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “fluorescente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flwoɾesˈθente/ [flwo.ɾesˈθẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /flwoɾeˈsente/ [flwo.ɾeˈsẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: fluo‧res‧cen‧te

Adjective

fluorescente m or f (masculine and feminine plural fluorescentes)

1. fluorescent

Derived terms

• marcador fluorescente

Related terms

• fluorescencia

Noun

fluorescente m (plural fluorescentes)

1. ellipsis of tubo fluorescente

Further reading

• “fluorescente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025