luminescent

From stem of Latin lumen (“light”) +‎ -escent, equivalent to luminesce +‎ -ent.

• IPA^(key): /luːmɪˈnɛs(ə)nt/

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• Hyphenation: lumin‧es‧cent
• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

luminescent (comparative more luminescent, superlative most luminescent)

1. Emitting light by luminescence.
   • 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 218:

     But this does not have the slightly yellow glow of things made with luminescent dye.

• luminesce
• luminescence
• phosphorescent

• fluorescent
• iridescent

luminescent m or f (masculine and feminine plural luminescents)

1. luminescent

• bioluminescent

• luminescència

• “luminescent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “luminescent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “luminescent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “luminescent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Back-formation from luminescence, on the model of fluorescence / fluorescent.

• IPA^(key): /ly.mi.nɛ.sɑ̃/ ~ /ly.mi.ne.sɑ̃/

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luminescent (feminine luminescente, masculine plural luminescents, feminine plural luminescentes)

1. luminescent

• bioluminescent

• “luminescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Borrowed from French luminescent.

luminescent m or n (feminine singular luminescentă, masculine plural luminescenți, feminine and neuter plural luminescente)

1. luminescent