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

• bioillumination
• counterillumination
• endoillumination
• global illumination
• illuminationism
• illuminationist
• illumination problem
• nonillumination
• oblique illumination
• overillumination
• over-illumination
• Phong 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) m Arabic: إِضَاءَة f (ʔiḍāʔa) Armenian: լուսավորություն (hy) (lusavorutʻyun) Belarusian: асвятле́нне n (asvjatljénnje), асьвятле́ньне n (asʹvjatljénʹnje) ілюміна́цыя f (iljuminácyja) Bulgarian: осветле́ние (bg) n (osvetlénie), осветя́ване (bg) n (osvetjávane) Cherokee: ᎠᏨᏍᏙᏗ (atsvsdodi) Chinese: Mandarin: 照明 (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: תְּאוּרָה f (t'urá) Hindi: दीप्ति (hi) f (dīpti), रोशनी (hi) f (rośnī) Hungarian: megvilágítás (hu) Indonesian: iluminasi (id), penyinaran (id) Irish: soilsiú m Italian: illuminazione (it) f Japanese: 照明 (ja) (しょうめい, shōmei) Khmer: ពន្លឺ (km) (pŭənlɨɨ) Korean: 조명(照明) (ko) (jomyeong) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ڕۆشنایی (roşnayî) Macedonian: осветлување n (osvetluvanje) Malay: pencahayaan (ms) Maori: tūramatanga Persian: Iranian Persian: رُوْشَنایی (rowšanâyi), نورْپَرْدازی (nurpardâzi), رُوْشَنی (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: soilleireachadh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ра̑света n, ра̑свјета f Roman: rȃsveta (sh) f, rȃsvjeta (sh) f Slovak: osvetlenie n, iluminácia f Slovene: svetloba (sl) f Spanish: iluminación (es) f Tocharian B: lyūke, lalaukar Turkish: aydınlatma (tr) Ukrainian: осві́тлення n (osvítlennja), ілюміна́ція f (iljuminácija) Urdu: روشْنی f (rośnī) Uzbek: yoritish Vietnamese: bôi lên f

festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights

Armenian: հրավառություն (hy) (hravaṙutʻyun) Bulgarian: светли́нна укра́са f (svetlínna ukrása) Finnish: juhlavalaistus Hungarian: kivilágítás (hu) Irish: soilsiú m 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) f pl (iljustrácii) French: enluminure (fr) Indonesian: iluminasi (id) Persian: Iranian Persian: تَذْهیب (tazhib), زَرْنِگاری (zarnegâri) Spanish: ilustración (es) f

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

illumination

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin illuminātiōnem, from Latin illuminō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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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.