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translucent
- /tɹænzˈluː.sənt/ UK
- /tɹænzˈlu.sənt/ US
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Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t
Proto-Indo-European *-ónts
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts
Proto-Italic *trāns
Proto-Italic *trāns-
Latin trāns-
Proto-Indo-European *lewk-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti
Proto-Italic *loukeō
Proto-Indo-European *lewk-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *lukéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *l(o)ukēō?
Latin lūceō
Latin trānslūceō
Latin trānslūcēnsbor.
English translucent
From Latin trānslūcentem, accusative of trānslūcēns, present participle of trānslūcēre.
adjective more translucent · most translucent
- Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it. Near-synonym: semitransparent
- Clear, lucid, or transparent. Mr. Blaine's powers and disposition shone resplendent. . . . the gavel in his practised hand, chiming in with varied tones that aptly enforced his words, from the sharp rat-tat-tat that recalled the House to decorum, to the vigorous thunder that actually drowned unparliamentary speech; rulings, repa
Similar: semitransparent, semipellucid, semiopaque, through-shine, tralucent, translucent
noun translucents
- Something that is translucent. They can be obtained in various thicknesses and in many colors, including beautiful imitations of pearl, mother-of-pearl, veins and mottles, stratifications, roll stratifications, imitation corals, and all colors of translucents, transparents and opaques, grained ivory, shell (plain and corrugated m
