adj
Meaning 1
Emitting light as a result of being heated.
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
incandescent
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
UK: /ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/
-
UK: /ˌɪŋ.kænˈdɛs.ənt/
-
UK: /ˌɪn.kənˈdɛs.ənt/
-
US: /ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/
-
US: /ˌɪn.kənˈdɛs.ənt/
-
Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
rhymes with -ɛsənt
-
CMU ARPABET: IH2 N K AH0 N D EH1 S AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Shining very brightly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- The incandescent performance enraptured the audience.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Extremely angry; furious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She is incandescent with rage because someone stole her wallet.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
An incandescent lamp or bulb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
emitting light as a result of being heated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an incandescent bulb
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: candent
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an incandescent performance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French incandescent, from Latin incandescens, from incandesco (“be heated, glow”), from in- (intensifying prefix) + candesco (“become white”), from candidus (“white”).
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: incandescent — emitting light as result of heating
- Czech: žhnoucí — emitting light as result of heating
- Czech: žhavící — emitting light as result of heating
- Dutch: lichtgevend — emitting light as result of heating
- Esperanto: inkandeska — emitting light as result of heating
- Finnish: hehku- — emitting light as result of heating
- Finnish: hehkuva — emitting light as result of heating
- French: incandescent — emitting light as result of heating
- German: Glüh- — emitting light as result of heating
- German: glühend — emitting light as result of heating
- Greek: πυρακτωμένος (pyraktoménos) — emitting light as result of heating
- Italian: incandescente — emitting light as result of heating
- Japanese: 白熱 — emitting light as result of heating
- Korean: 백열적인 (baegyeoljeogin) — emitting light as result of heating
- Korean: 백열하는 (baegyeolhaneun) — emitting light as result of heating
- Occitan: incandescent — emitting light as result of heating
- Portuguese: incandescente — emitting light as result of heating
- Russian: накалённый добела (nakaljónnyj dobela) — emitting light as result of heating
- Slovak: žiarivá — emitting light as result of heating
- Slovak: žiarivý — emitting light as result of heating
- Slovak: žiarivé — emitting light as result of heating
- Spanish: incandescente — emitting light as result of heating
- Spanish: candente — emitting light as result of heating
- Tagalog: nagbabaga — emitting light as result of heating
- Turkish: akkor — emitting light as result of heating
- Czech: zářivý — shining brightly
- Dutch: witgloeiend — shining brightly
- Finnish: loistava — shining brightly
- Finnish: hehkuva — shining brightly
- French: éblouissant — shining brightly
- French: irradiant — shining brightly
- German: weißglühend — shining brightly
- Italian: abbagliante — shining brightly
- Korean: 백열적인 (baegyeoljeogin) — shining brightly
- Korean: 백열하는 (baegyeolhaneun) — shining brightly
- Russian: светя́щийся (svetjáščijsja) — shining brightly
- Russian: сия́ющий (sijájuščij) — shining brightly
- Spanish: reluciente — shining brightly
- Spanish: irradiante — shining brightly
- Spanish: deslumbrante — shining brightly
- Swedish: bländande — shining brightly
- Dutch: stralend — showing intense emotion
- Dutch: eclatant — showing intense emotion
- Finnish: hehkuva — showing intense emotion
- French: resplendissant — showing intense emotion
- French: éclatant — showing intense emotion
- French: rayonnant — showing intense emotion
- French: irradiant — showing intense emotion
- Italian: risplendente — showing intense emotion
- Korean: 백열적인 (baegyeoljeogin) — showing intense emotion
- Portuguese: incandescente — showing intense emotion
- Russian: пы́лкий (pýlkij) — showing intense emotion
- Russian: горя́чий (gorjáčij) — showing intense emotion
- Spanish: resplandesciente — showing intense emotion
- Spanish: rebosante — showing intense emotion