"illumination" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˌlumɪˈneɪʃən/ [General-American], /ɪˌl(j)umɪˈneɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-illumination.wav Forms: illuminations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French illumination, from Late Latin illuminatio, from Latin illumino. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|illumination}} Middle French illumination, {{der|en|LL.|illuminatio}} Late Latin illuminatio, {{der|en|la|illumino}} Latin illumino Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} illumination (countable and uncountable, plural illuminations)
  1. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Light Translations (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated): ndriçim [masculine] (Albanian), إِضَاءَة (ʔiḍāʔa) [feminine] (Arabic), լուսավորություն (lusavorutʻyun) (Armenian), асвятле́нне (asvjatljénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), асьвятле́ньне n ілюміна́цыя (asʹvjatljénʹnje) [feminine] (Belarusian), осветле́ние (osvetlénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), осветя́ване (osvetjávane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ڕۆشنایی (roşnayî) (Central Kurdish), ᎠᏨᏍᏙᏗ (atsvsdodi) (Cherokee), 照明 (zhàomíng) (Chinese Mandarin), osvětlení [neuter] (Czech), iluminace [feminine] (Czech), verlichting [feminine] (Dutch), iluminado (Esperanto), valaistus (Finnish), valaiseminen (Finnish), illumination [feminine] (French), iluminación [feminine] (Galician), განათება (ganateba) (Georgian), Beleuchtung [feminine] (German), φωτισμός (fotismós) [masculine] (Greek), תְּאוּרָה (t'urá) [feminine] (Hebrew), दीप्ति (dīpti) [feminine] (Hindi), रोशनी (rośnī) [feminine] (Hindi), megvilágítás (Hungarian), iluminasi (Indonesian), penyinaran (Indonesian), رُوْشَنایی (rowšanâyi) (Iranian Persian), نورْپَرْدازی (nurpardâzi) (Iranian Persian), رُوْشَنی (rowšani) (Iranian Persian), soilsiú [masculine] (Irish), illuminazione [feminine] (Italian), 照明 (shōmei) (alt: しょうめい) (Japanese), 조명 (jomyeong) (alt: 照明) (Korean), осветлување (osvetluvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), pencahayaan (Malay), tūramatanga (Maori), oświetlenie [neuter] (Polish), iluminacja [feminine] (Polish), iluminação [feminine] (Portuguese), iluminație [feminine] (Romanian), iluminare [feminine] (Romanian), освеще́ние (osveščénije) [neuter] (Russian), иллюмина́ция (illjuminácija) [feminine] (Russian), soilleireachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ра̑света [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ра̑свјета [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), rȃsveta [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), rȃsvjeta [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), osvetlenie [neuter] (Slovak), iluminácia [feminine] (Slovak), svetloba [feminine] (Slovene), iluminación [feminine] (Spanish), lyūke (Tocharian B), lalaukar (Tocharian B), aydınlatma (Turkish), осві́тлення (osvítlennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ілюміна́ція (iljuminácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), روشْنی (rośnī) [feminine] (Urdu), yoritish (Uzbek), bôi lên [feminine] (Vietnamese)
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  2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Light Translations (festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights): հրավառություն (hravaṙutʻyun) (Armenian), светли́нна укра́са (svetlínna ukrása) [feminine] (Bulgarian), juhlavalaistus (Finnish), kivilágítás (Hungarian), soilsiú [masculine] (Irish), luminaria [feminine] (Italian), イルミネーション (iruminēshon) (Japanese), ライトアップ (raito appu) (Japanese), иллюмина́ция (illjuminácija) [feminine] (Russian), iluminación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-illumination-en-noun-6go0QVXl Disambiguation of Light: 34 11 18 29 8 Disambiguation of 'festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights': 5 88 3 3 1
  3. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Light Translations (adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations): илюстра́ции (iljustrácii) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), enluminure (French), iluminasi (Indonesian), تَذْهیب (tazhib) (Iranian Persian), زَرْنِگاری (zarnegâri) (Iranian Persian), ilustración [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-illumination-en-noun-huzaIFlA Disambiguation of Light: 34 11 18 29 8 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 9 12 33 5 Disambiguation of 'adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations': 7 5 77 9 2
  4. (figurative) Splendour; brightness. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Categories (topical): Light
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  5. (figurative) Enlightening influence; inspiration. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-illumination-en-noun-~2yd5mKn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lumination [rare] Related terms: illuminator

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "word": "조명"
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          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
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          "word": "ڕۆشنایی"
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          "word": "pencahayaan"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "tūramatanga"
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          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "rowšanâyi",
          "sense": "the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated",
          "word": "رُوْشَنایی"
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          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "nurpardâzi",
          "sense": "the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated",
          "word": "نورْپَرْدازی"
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          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "rowšani",
          "sense": "the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated",
          "word": "رُوْشَنی"
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      "word": "structured illumination microscopy"
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      "word": "ᎠᏨᏍᏙᏗ"
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      "sense": "the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "valaiseminen"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "განათება"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "he",
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      "word": "रोशनी"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
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      "word": "penyinaran"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "soilsiú"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "illuminazione"
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      "roman": "shōmei",
      "sense": "the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated",
      "word": "照明"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jomyeong",
      "sense": "the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated",
      "word": "조명"
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "word": "ڕۆشنایی"
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      "word": "tūramatanga"
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      "code": "fa-ira",
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      "sense": "the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated",
      "word": "رُوْشَنایی"
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      "code": "fa-ira",
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    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
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      "sense": "the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated",
      "word": "رُوْشَنی"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "oświetlenie"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "освеще́ние"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "word": "svetloba"
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      "code": "txb",
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      "word": "aydınlatma"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "осві́тлення"
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      "code": "uz",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated",
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      "word": "bôi lên"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "word": "հրավառություն"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svetlínna ukrása",
      "sense": "festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "светли́нна укра́са"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights",
      "word": "juhlavalaistus"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights",
      "word": "kivilágítás"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "soilsiú"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luminaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iruminēshon",
      "sense": "festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights",
      "word": "イルミネーション"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "raito appu",
      "sense": "festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights",
      "word": "ライトアップ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "illjuminácija",
      "sense": "festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "иллюмина́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iluminación"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iljustrácii",
      "sense": "adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "илюстра́ции"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations",
      "word": "enluminure"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations",
      "word": "iluminasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "tazhib",
      "sense": "adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations",
      "word": "تَذْهیب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "zarnegâri",
      "sense": "adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations",
      "word": "زَرْنِگاری"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ilustración"
    }
  ],
  "word": "illumination"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": iljuminácyja vs. asʹvjatljénʹnje",
  "path": [
    "illumination"
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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