radiante

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Esperanto

Adverb

radiante

  1. present adverbial active participle of radii

Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˈdjan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: ra‧diàn‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin radiantem, present participle of radiō (“to radiate”).

Adjective

radiante (plural radianti)

  1. (literary) beaming, radiant
    Synonym: raggiante
    • c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures]‎; copied, (manuscript), c. mid 13th century, page 2:
      Lauꝺato ſie miſignore cũ tucte le tue creature, ſpetialm̃te meſſoꝛ lo fr̃e ſole, loquale ioꝛno ⁊ allumini noi ᵱ loi. Et ellu ebellu eraꝺiante cũ granꝺe ſplenꝺore. (Umbria)
      [Laudato sie, mi' signore, cun tutte le tue creature, spezialmente messor lo frate sole, lo qual è iorno, et allumini noi per lui; et ellu è bellu e radiante cun grande splendore.]
      Praised be you, my Lord, through all your creatures, especially the harvester brother Sun, which is the day; and you light us through him; and he is beautiful, and radiant with great splendor.

Etymology 2

Noun use of the above adjective.

Noun

radiante m (plural radianti)

  1. (astronomy) radiant

Etymology 3

From Latin radius +‎ -ante.

Noun

radiante m (plural radianti)

  1. (geometry) radian
  2. (cooking, kitchen) trammel, ring, grid

Further reading

  • radiante1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • radiante2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • radiante3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Participle

radiante

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of radiāns

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁa.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁaˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁa.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁaˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁa.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.te/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁaˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.te/

  • Hyphenation: ra‧di‧an‧te

Adjective

radiante m or f (plural radiantes)

  1. radiant (visually dazzling)

Quotations

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin radiantem. Cognate with English radiant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˈdjante/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: ra‧dian‧te

Adjective

radiante m or f (masculine and feminine plural radiantes)

  1. radiant, radiating
  2. bright (light, day, weather)
  3. beaming, glowing, bright, shining (appearance)

Derived terms

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