Effulgence — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪfˈʌldʒəns/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈɒlɪtʃˌəʊsfəlˌaɪz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈɒlɪtʃˌəʊsfəlˌaɪz/

3 syllables Say it as /ɪfˈʌldʒəns/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

refulgency shine radiancy radiance refulgence

Word Forms

radiant	adjective	radiating or as if radiating light
radiate	verb	send out rays or waves
shiny	adjective	made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
shine	verb	throw or flash the light of (a lamp)
effulgent	adjective	radiating or as if radiating light
refulgent	adjective	radiating or as if radiating light

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Glanz

die Qualität, hell zu sein und Lichtstrahlen auszusenden

🇫🇷French

rayonnement

la qualité d'être brillant et d'envoyer des rayons de lumière

🇪🇸Spanish

efulgencia

la cualidad de ser brillante y emitir rayos de luz

🇮🇹Italian

splendore

la qualità di essere luminoso e di emettere raggi di luce

🇳🇱Dutch

uitstraling

de kwaliteit van helder zijn en lichtstralen uitzenden

🇵🇹Portuguese

refulgência

a qualidade de ser brilhante e emitir raios de luz

🇷🇺Russian

сияние

качество быть ярким и излучать лучи света

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रभा

उज्ज्वल होने और प्रकाश की किरणें भेजने का गुण

🇧🇩Bengali

উজ্জ্বলতা

উজ্জ্বল হওয়া এবং আলোর রশ্মি পাঠানোর গুণমান

🇮🇳Tamil

பிரகாசம்

பிரகாசமாக இருப்பது மற்றும் ஒளியின் கதிர்களை அனுப்பும் தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రకాశము

ప్రకాశవంతమైన మరియు కాంతి కిరణాలను పంపే నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

तेज

तेजस्वी असण्याची आणि प्रकाशाची किरणे पाठवण्याची गुणवत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

તેજ

તેજસ્વી હોવાની અને પ્રકાશના કિરણો મોકલવાની ગુણવત્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರಭೆ

ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನವಾಗಿರುವ ಮತ್ತು ಬೆಳಕಿನ ಕಿರಣಗಳನ್ನು ಕಳುಹಿಸುವ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രഭ

തെളിച്ചമുള്ളതും പ്രകാശകിരണങ്ങൾ അയക്കുന്നതുമായ ഗുണനിലവാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਮਕ

ਚਮਕਦਾਰ ਹੋਣ ਅਤੇ ਰੋਸ਼ਨੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਕਿਰਨਾਂ ਭੇਜਣ ਦੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

چمک

روشن ہونے اور روشنی کی کرنوں کو بھیجنے کا معیار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

光辉

明亮并发出光芒的品质

🇯🇵Japanese

輝き

明るくて光線を発する性質

🇰🇷Korean

광휘

밝아 빛줄기를 내보내는 성질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự rực rỡ

chất lượng sáng và phát ra tia sáng

🇹🇭Thai

ความเจริญรุ่งเรือง

คุณภาพความสว่างและการส่งลำแสงออกมา

🇮🇩Indonesian

cahaya

kualitas terang dan memancarkan sinar cahaya

🇵🇭Filipino

ningning

ang kalidad ng pagiging maliwanag at nagpapadala ng mga sinag ng liwanag

🇲🇾Malay

kecemerlangan

kualiti menjadi terang dan menghantar sinar cahaya

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تألق

نوعية كونها مشرقة وإرسال أشعة الضوء

🇮🇷Persian

درخشندگی

کیفیت روشن بودن و ارسال پرتوهای نور

🇹🇷Turkish

parlaklık

parlak olmanın ve ışık ışınları göndermenin kalitesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

זוהר

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