"transluce" meaning in English

See transluce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: transluces [present, singular, third-person], translucing [participle, present], transluced [participle, past], transluced [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Italic *trānts Latin trāns Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Italic *loukēō Latin lūceō Latin trānslūceōbor. Latin trānslūceō Latin trānslūcēnsbor. English translucent English transluce As if from Latin trānslūceō (“shine through; be translucent”), but perhaps a back-formation from translucent (ultimately from the same Latin verb). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|bor|la>trānslūceō>shine through|from|en>translucent>allowing light|id=shine through|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Italic *trānts Latin trāns Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Italic *loukēō Latin lūceō Latin trānslūceōbor. Latin trānslūceō Latin trānslūcēnsbor. English translucent English transluce, {{bor|en|la|trānslūceō||shine through; be translucent}} Latin trānslūceō (“shine through; be translucent”), {{backformation|en|translucent|nocap=1}} back-formation from translucent Head templates: {{en-verb}} transluce (third-person singular simple present transluces, present participle translucing, simple past and past participle transluced)
  1. (uncommon) To shine (light) through, and thus make (the thing which is shined through) translucent. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-transluce-en-verb-0eErUmSB Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English back-formations: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28
  2. (rare) To be translucent or transparent, to allow light to shine through. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-transluce-en-verb-10oOi2PH

Inflected forms

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