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triboluminescence

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The production of light by friction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh1-der. Ancient Greek τρῑ́βω (trī́bō) English tribo- Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-s- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥ Proto-Italic *louksmən Latin lumen Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English luminescence English triboluminescence From tribo- + luminescence.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: triboluminiscència — production of light by friction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 摩擦発光 (masatsuhakkō) — production of light by friction
  • Czech: triboluminiscence — production of light by friction
  • Danish: triboluminescens — production of light by friction
  • Dutch: triboluminescentie — production of light by friction
  • Finnish: triboluminesenssi — production of light by friction
  • French: triboluminescence — production of light by friction
  • German: Tribolumineszenz — production of light by friction
  • Hungarian: tribolumineszcencia — production of light by friction
  • Italian: triboluminescenza — production of light by friction
  • Latvian: triboluminiscence — production of light by friction
  • Lithuanian: triboluminescencija — production of light by friction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: triboluminescens — production of light by friction
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: triboluminescens — production of light by friction
  • Polish: tryboluminescencja — production of light by friction
  • Portuguese: triboluminescência — production of light by friction
  • Romanian: triboluminescență — production of light by friction
  • Russian: триболюминесце́нция (triboljuminescéncija) — production of light by friction
  • Slovak: triboluminiscencia — production of light by friction
  • Slovene: triboluminiscenca — production of light by friction
  • Spanish: triboluminiscencia — production of light by friction
  • Ukrainian: триболюмінесценція (tryboljuminescencija) — production of light by friction
  • Welsh: tribo-oleuedd — production of light by friction