adj
Meaning 1
Shining brilliantly; radiant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fulgent
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈfʌld͡ʒənt/
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/ˈfʊld͡ʒənt/
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
shining intensely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the blazing sun
- blinding headlights
- dazzling snow
- fulgent patterns of sunlight
- the glaring sun
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blazing, blinding, dazzling, glaring, glary
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English fulgent, from Latin fulgēns. By surface analysis, Latin fulg(ere) + -ent.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: блестящ (blestjašt) — shining brilliantly — see also radiant
- Bulgarian: сияещ (sijaešt) — shining brilliantly — see also radiant
- Chinese Mandarin: 光彩奪目的 /光彩夺目的 (guāngcǎiduómù de) — shining brilliantly — see also radiant
- Finnish: häikäisevä — shining brilliantly — see also radiant
- Finnish: hehkuva — shining brilliantly — see also radiant
- Finnish: säteilevä — shining brilliantly — see also radiant
- French: éclatant — shining brilliantly — see also radiant
- German: gleißend — shining brilliantly — see also radiant
- Hungarian: ragyogó — shining brilliantly — see also radiant
- Hungarian: csillogó — shining brilliantly — see also radiant
- Russian: лучеза́рный (lučezárnyj) — shining brilliantly — see also radiant