Meaning

3 senses
  1. Emitting light; glowing brightly; shining.

    leuchtend

    светя́щийсяsvetjáščijsja, флюоресце́нтныйfljuorescéntnyj

    блискучийblyskučyj

  2. Brightly illuminated.

    освещённыйosveščónnyj, я́ркийjárkij

  3. Clear; enlightening; easy to understand.

    a luminous explanation

More definitions
  • softly bright or radiant

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom wants to paint the windowsills with luminous paint.

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  2. They all agreed that it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly, and spectral.

    deSie waren sich alle einig, dass es eine gewaltige Kreatur war, leuchtend, gespenstisch und spukhaft.

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  3. Painful and murderous war is purple, the color of peace is a luminous sky blue.

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  4. An American artist is using a unique glass thread technique to create beautiful luminous glass vessels.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
emitting light; glowing brightly:
Русский
By meaning 2
emitting light; glowing brightly:
brightly illuminated:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
emitting light; glowing brightly:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French lumineus, from Latin lūminōsus.

Borrowed from Middle French lumineus, from Latin lūminōsus.

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