vibrant

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English

Etymology

From French vibrant, from Latin vibrans, present participle of vibrare (to vibrate). See vibrate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪbɹənt/
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Adjective

vibrant (comparative more vibrant, superlative most vibrant)

  1. Pulsing with energy or activity.
    He has a vibrant personality.
  2. Lively and vigorous.
  3. Vibrating, resonant or resounding.
    • 1770, Anthony Champion, “The Empire of Love. / A Philosophical Poem.”, in Miscellanies, in Verse and Prose, English and Latin, T. Bensley, for J. White, page 111:
      Mock their pale vigils, void and vain, / Whether, more curious than humane, / Like Augurs old, they pore / On the still-vibrant fibre's frame;
    • 1905, David Thomas Ffrangcon-Davies, The Singing of the Future, J. Lane, page 258:
      A vibrant voice in the true sense is of course desirable
  4. (of a colour) Bright.

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Noun

vibrant (plural vibrants)

  1. (phonetics) Any of a class of consonants including taps and trills.

Further reading

Catalan

Verb

vibrant

  1. gerund of vibrar

French

Pronunciation

Participle

vibrant

  1. present participle of vibrer

Further reading

Latin

Verb

vibrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of vibrō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vibrant.

Adjective

vibrant m or n (feminine singular vibrantă, masculine plural vibranți, feminine and neuter plural vibrante)

  1. vibrant

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