illumination

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• General-American: /ɪˌlumɪˈneɪʃən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˌl(j)umɪˈneɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 L UW2 M AH0 N EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French illumination, from Late Latin illuminatio, from Latin illumino. Equivalent to illuminate + -ion.

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ndriçim — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Arabic: إِضَاءَة (ʔiḍāʔa) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Armenian: լուսավորություն (lusavorutʻyun) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Belarusian: асвятле́нне (asvjatljénnje) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Belarusian: асьвятле́ньне n ілюміна́цыя (asʹvjatljénʹnje) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Bulgarian: осветле́ние (osvetlénie) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Bulgarian: осветя́ване (osvetjávane) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Cherokee: ᎠᏨᏍᏙᏗ (atsvsdodi) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Chinese Mandarin: 照明 (zhàomíng) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Czech: osvětlení — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Czech: iluminace — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Dutch: verlichting — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Esperanto: iluminado — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Finnish: valaistus — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Finnish: valaiseminen — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• French: illumination — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Galician: iluminación — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Georgian: განათება (ganateba) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• German: Beleuchtung — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Greek: φωτισμός (fotismós) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Hebrew: תְּאוּרָה (t'urá) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Hindi: दीप्ति (dīpti) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Hindi: रोशनी (rośnī) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Hungarian: megvilágítás — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Indonesian: iluminasi — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Indonesian: penyinaran — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Irish: soilsiú — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Italian: illuminazione — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Japanese: 照明 (shōmei) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Khmer: ពន្លឺ (pɔɔpŭənlɨɨ) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Korean: 조명 (jomyeong) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Central Kurdish: ڕۆشنایی (roşnayî) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Macedonian: осветлување (osvetluvanje) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Malay: pencahayaan — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Māori: tūramatanga — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Iranian Persian: رُوْشَنایی (rowšanâyi) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Iranian Persian: نورْپَرْدازی (nurpardâzi) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Iranian Persian: رُوْشَنی (rowšani) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Polish: oświetlenie — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Polish: iluminacja — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Portuguese: iluminação — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Romanian: iluminație — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Romanian: iluminare — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Russian: освеще́ние (osveščénije) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Russian: иллюмина́ция (illjuminácija) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Scottish Gaelic: soilleireachadh — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̑света — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̑свјета — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Serbo-Croatian: rȃsveta — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Serbo-Croatian: rȃsvjeta — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Slovak: osvetlenie — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Slovak: iluminácia — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Slovene: svetloba — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Spanish: iluminación — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Tocharian B: lyūke — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Tocharian B: lalaukar — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Turkish: aydınlatma — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Ukrainian: осві́тлення (osvítlennja) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Ukrainian: ілюміна́ція (iljuminácija) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Urdu: روشْنی (rośnī) — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Uzbek: yoritish — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Vietnamese: bôi lên — the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
• Armenian: հրավառություն (hravaṙutʻyun) — festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights
• Bulgarian: светли́нна укра́са (svetlínna ukrása) — festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights
• Finnish: juhlavalaistus — festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights
• Hungarian: kivilágítás — festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights
• Irish: soilsiú — festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights
• Italian: luminaria — festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights
• Japanese: イルミネーション (iruminēshon) — festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights
• Japanese: ライトアップ (raito appu) — festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights
• Russian: иллюмина́ция (illjuminácija) — festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights
• Spanish: iluminación — festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights
• Bulgarian: илюстра́ции (iljustrácii) — adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations
• French: enluminure — adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations
• Indonesian: iluminasi — adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations
• Iranian Persian: تَذْهیب (tazhib) — adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations
• Iranian Persian: زَرْنِگاری (zarnegâri) — adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations
• Spanish: ilustración — adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations