enlighten

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• /ɪnˈlaɪtən/
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• /ənˈlaɪtən/
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• /ɛnˈlaɪtən/
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• rhymes with -aɪtən
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• CMU ARPABET: EH2 N L AY1 T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Formerly also inlighten, from Middle English enlightenen, inlightnen, a hybrid formed from inlighten (“to enlighten, illuminate”), from Old English inlīhtan, onlīhtan, enlīhtan (“to enlighten, illuminate, give light to, give sight to”) and lightnen (“to enlighten, illuminate”) (equivalent to light + -en). Cognate with Dutch inlichten (“to enlighten, inform”), Old High German inliuhten (“to enlighten, illuminate”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inliuhtjan, “to enlighten, illuminate”). More at inlight, -en.

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ndriçoj — to supply with light
• Bulgarian: осветявам (osvetjavam) — to supply with light
• Esperanto: lumigi — to supply with light
• Esperanto: prilumi — to supply with light
• Finnish: valaista — to supply with light
• French: éclairer — to supply with light
• Galician: alumear — to supply with light
• Greek: φωτίζω (fotízo) — to supply with light
• Hebrew: האיר (ha-ir) — to supply with light
• Hungarian: kivilágít — to supply with light
• Hungarian: megvilágít — to supply with light
• Italian: illuminare — to supply with light
• Ligurian: illüminò — to supply with light
• Polish: oświecać — to supply with light
• Polish: uświadamiać — to supply with light
• Portuguese: iluminar — to supply with light
• Romanian: ilumina — to supply with light
• Russian: освеща́ть (osveščátʹ) — to supply with light
• Russian: освети́ть (osvetítʹ) — to supply with light
• Spanish: iluminar — to supply with light
• Spanish: alumbrar — to supply with light
• Spanish: esclarecer — to supply with light
• Swedish: belysa — to supply with light
• Turkish: aydınlatmak — to supply with light
• Vietnamese: làm sáng tỏ — to supply with light
• Bulgarian: осведомявам (osvedomjavam) — to make clear to the intellect
• Czech: osvítit — to make clear to the intellect
• Finnish: valistaa — to make clear to the intellect
• French: éclairer — to make clear to the intellect
• French: informer — to make clear to the intellect
• Galician: alumear — to make clear to the intellect
• German: aufklären — to make clear to the intellect
• Greek: διαφωτίζω (diafotízo) — to make clear to the intellect
• Hebrew: האיר (ha-ir) — to make clear to the intellect
• Hungarian: felvilágosít — to make clear to the intellect
• Kyrgyz: агартуу (agartuu) — to make clear to the intellect
• Polish: oświecać — to make clear to the intellect
• Polish: uświadamiać — to make clear to the intellect
• Portuguese: iluminar — to make clear to the intellect
• Portuguese: esclarecer — to make clear to the intellect
• Romanian: lămuri — to make clear to the intellect
• Russian: просвеща́ть (prosveščátʹ) — to make clear to the intellect
• Russian: просвети́ть (prosvetítʹ) — to make clear to the intellect
• Russian: осведомля́ть (osvedomljátʹ) — to make clear to the intellect
• Russian: осведоми́ть (osvedomítʹ) — to make clear to the intellect
• Spanish: ilustrar — to make clear to the intellect
• Spanish: esclarecer — to make clear to the intellect
• Spanish: iluminar — to make clear to the intellect
• Spanish: alumbrar — to make clear to the intellect
• Swedish: upplysa — to make clear to the intellect
• Tagalog: maliwanagan — to make clear to the intellect
• Turkish: bilgilendirmek — to make clear to the intellect
• Ukrainian: просвіща́ти (prosviščáty) — to make clear to the intellect
• Ukrainian: просвіти́ти (prosvitýty) — to make clear to the intellect