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luminous

/ˈluːmɪnəs/

luminous adjective: emitting light; glowing brightly; shining.

Adjective

luminous (comparative more luminous, superlative most luminous)

  1. Emitting light; glowing brightly; shining.
    • The moon, which had been slowly ascending, now shone through an open space between the trees; and the rippling waters of the brook gave back her light in luminous vibrations.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 21
    • The bonfire in his heart made luminous the rose-tan in his cheek.1888–1891, Herman Melville, “[Billy Budd, Foretopman.] Chapter [HTTP://GUTENBERG.NET.AU/EBOOKS06/0608511H.HTML CHAPTER 11].”, in Billy Budd and Other Stories, London: John Lehmann, published 1951...
  2. Brightly illuminated.
  3. Clear; enlightening; easy to understand.
    • a luminous explanation

luminous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

luminous in Hindi

emitting light; glowing brightly
चमकीला camkīlā, उज्ज्वल ujjval, तेजस्वी tejasvī
brightly illuminated
उज्ज्वल ujjval, चमकीला camkīlā

luminous in Tamil

ஒளிரும், ஒளிவீசும், ஒளிதரும்

luminous in Urdu

luminous
چمکیلا camkīlā

luminous in Bengali

luminous, radiant, bright
নূরানী nurani
luminous
অংশুমালী oṅśumali
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luminous in Malayalam
പ്രകാശപൂർണ്ണമായ, ഭാസുര, ഭാസുരം, തിളങ്ങുന്ന
luminous in Kannada
ದೇದೀಪ್ಯಮಾನ, ಮಿರುಗುವ, ಬೆಳಗುವ, ಕತ್ತಲಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣುವ
luminous in Odia
ଦୀପ୍ତ dipta
luminous in Sanskrit
उज्ज्वल ujjvala
luminous in Malay
berkilau
luminous in Indonesian
berkilau, berseri-seri, berserian
Kashmiri
گاشُر gāśur

Examples of luminous in a sentence

  • But had these mountains been diaphanous, we could never have seen those luminous montuosities.
  • The densities of the luminous part of the EG and the homeoid are different.
  • Transient luminous events can be another source of ionization in the upper atmosphere.

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Synonyms of luminous

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Forms of luminous

comparativemore luminous
superlativemost luminous
alternative uncommonluminious

Origin of luminous

Borrowed from Middle French lumineus, from Latin lūminōsus.

Words formed from luminous

Phrases with luminous

Questions about luminous

What does luminous mean?
Luminous means emitting light; glowing brightly; shining.
What is luminous in Hindi?
Luminous in Hindi is चमकीला (camkīlā), उज्ज्वल (ujjval), तेजस्वी (tejasvī). See Luminous meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is luminous?
Luminous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce luminous?
Luminous is pronounced /ˈluːmɪnəs/.

Words near luminous in the dictionary

  1. luminosity
  2. luminosity distance
  3. luminosity distances
  4. luminosity function
  5. luminotherapy
  6. luminous
  7. luminous energies
  8. luminous energy
  9. luminous flux
  10. luminous fluxes
  11. luminous intensities

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: luminous (page history and authors); luminous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); چمکیلا (Urdu) (page history and authors); অংশুমালী (Bengali) (page history and authors); luminous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); luminous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଦୀପ୍ତ (Odia) (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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