Resplendissant

Part of Speech

noun

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 strahlend, leuchtend , 🇪🇸 brillante, resplandeciente , 🇮🇹 raggiante, luminoso , 🇵🇹 luminoso, brilhante , 🇨🇳 光彩夺目，灿烂的 , 🇯🇵 輝く、明るい , 🇰🇷 눈부시게 아름다운, 빛나는 , 🇸🇦 مضيء، باهر , 🇮🇳 प्रभातमय, प्रकाशित

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Etymology

Resplendissant is the present participle of the French verb **resplendir**, which derives from the Latin **resplendere** (re‑ “again” + splendere “to shine”). The word entered Old French in the 13th century, carrying the sense of shining or beaming, and has remained in that sense into modern French, where it is used chiefly as an adjective meaning “radiant, brilliant” (and can nominalise as “le resplendissant” to refer to a shining thing).

Synonyms

éclat splendeur lueur rayonnement brillance fulgurance resplendence

Antonyms

sombre terne pâle fade