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lucent

/ˈl(j)uːsnt/US/ˈlus(ə)nt/

lucent adjective: emitting light; shining, luminous.

Adjective

lucent (comparative more lucent, superlative most lucent)

  1. Emitting light; shining, luminous.
    • Sherif Nasir led us: his lucent goodness, which provoked answering devotion even from the depraved, made him the only leader (and a benediction) for forlorn hopes.1922 (date written; published 1926), T[homas] E[dward] Lawrence, “Book IV: Extending to Akaba. Chapter XXXIX.”, in Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company...
  2. Translucent; clear, lucid.
    • […] her dilated eyes fixed with a horror-stricken fascination upon the pygmy burial-ground, in that broad, lucent expanse of the yellow moonlight which was still streaming through the illuminated gorge of the mountains into an otherwise dusky world.1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, chapter I, in In the “Stranger People’s” Country, New York: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 16

lucent meaning in Tamil and Kannada

lucent in Tamil

ஒளிரும், ஒளி வீசும், மின்னும், பளபளக்கும், அரைகுறை ஒளி ஊடுருவும், தெளிவான

lucent in Kannada

ಬೆಳಗುವ, ಆಚೆ ಕಾಣಿಸುವ

Forms of lucent

comparativemore lucent
superlativemost lucent

Origin of lucent

From Latin lūcentem, the present participle of lūcēre (“to shine”).

Words formed from lucent

Questions about lucent

What does lucent mean?
Lucent means emitting light; shining, luminous.
What is lucent in Tamil?
Lucent in Tamil is ஒளிரும், ஒளி வீசும், மின்னும். See Lucent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lucent?
Lucent is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lucent?
Lucent is pronounced /ˈl(j)uːsnt/ (UK).

Words near lucent in the dictionary

  1. lucencies
  2. lucency
  3. lucenin
  4. lucenins
  5. lucensomycin
  6. lucent
  7. lucentamycin
  8. lucentamycins
  9. Lucente
  10. Lucentes
  11. lucently

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lucent (page history and authors); lucent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lucent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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