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rutilant

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːtɪl(ə)nt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-tə-/
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  • General-American: /ˈɹutələnt/
  • General-American: [-ɾə-]
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adj

Meaning 1

Shining or glowing with a red colour or light.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: also, figuratively, literary

Topics: sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rutilous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Late Middle English rutilaunt (“shining with a gold or red colour”), from rutilāns (“reddening”), an adjective use of the present participle of rutilō (“to redden”) (from rutilus (“(yellowish) red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1rewdh- (“red”)). The English word is cognate with Italian rutilante, Portuguese rutilante, Spanish rutilante.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: rutilant — shining or glowing with a red colour or light
  • French: rutilant — shining or glowing with a red colour or light
  • Italian: rutilante — shining or glowing with a red colour or light
  • Middle English: rutilaunt — shining or glowing with a red colour or light
  • Portuguese: rutilante — shining or glowing with a red colour or light
  • Spanish: rutilante — shining or glowing with a red colour or light