radiant

See also: Radiant

English

Alternative forms

• radient (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/

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Adjective

radiant (comparative more radiant, superlative most radiant)

1. Radiating light and/or heat.

   the radiant sun

2. Emitted as radiation.
3. Beaming with vivacity and happiness.

   a radiant face

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil !  You !  Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow !” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

   • 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171:

     Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.

4. Strikingly beautiful.
   • 1893, E. Werner, Clear the Track!, page 94:

     And yet she was ensnaringly beautiful, despite her pride and self-consciousness; radiant and certain of conquest she stood before the man who alone seemed to have neither eye nor ear for charms that had never elsewhere played her false.

5. Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
6. (heraldry) Giving off rays; said of a bearing.

   the sun radiant;  a crown radiant

7. (botany) Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.

Derived terms

• radiant energy

Translations

radiating light and/or heat

Arabic: مُشِعّ (mušiʕʕ), مُتَوَهِّج (mutawahhij) Armenian: պայծառ (hy) (paycaṙ) Belarusian: зіхатлі́вы (zixatlívy), святлі́сты (svjatlísty), бліску́чы (bliskúčy) Bulgarian: лъчи́ст (bg) (lǎčíst), сия́ен (bg) (sijáen) Catalan: radiant Finnish: säteilevä (fi) Irish: lonrach Italian: radiante (it) Javanese: sumunar (jv) Kalmyk: мандлсн (mandlsn) Kapampangan: masala Korean: 환하다 (ko) (hwanhada) Latin: radians (la) Lithuanian: švytinti f Macedonian: сја́е (sjáe), зра́чи (zráči), бле́ска (bléska) Ottoman Turkish: نورانی (nurani), ایشق (ışık) Persian: تابناک (fa) (tâbnâk) Russian: светя́щийся (ru) (svetjáščijsja), лучеза́рный (ru) (lučezárnyj), сия́ющий (ru) (sijájuščij) Sanskrit: चन्द्र (sa) (candra), उज्ज्वल (sa) (ujjvala) Spanish: radiante (es) Swedish: strålande (sv) Ukrainian: ся́ючий (sjájučyj), ося́йний (osjájnyj)

emitted as radiation

Bulgarian: лъчи́ст (bg) (lǎčíst) Macedonian: зра́чи (zráči) Russian: лучи́стый (ru) (lučístyj)

beaming with vivacity and happiness

Bulgarian: лъчеза́рен (bg) (lǎčezáren) Catalan: radiant Esperanto: radianta Finnish: säteilevä (fi) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: گەش (geş) Persian: درخشنده (fa) (deraxšande), تابناک (fa) (tâbnâk) Portuguese: radiante (pt) Russian: лучеза́рный (ru) (lučezárnyj), я́ркий (ru) (járkij) (bright), пыла́ющий (ru) (pylájuščij), сверка́ющий (ru) (sverkájuščij) Spanish: radiante (es)

Noun

radiant (plural radiants)

1. A point source from which radiation is emitted.
2. (astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
3. (geometry) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.

Translations

point source of radiation

Finnish: säteilylähde Russian: излуча́тель (ru) m (izlučátelʹ)

the apparent origin of a meteor shower

Catalan: radiant m German: Radiant (de) m Japanese: 放射点 (ja) (ほうしゃてん, hōshaten), 輻射点 (ふくしゃてん, fukushaten) Macedonian: радија́нт m (radijánt) Russian: радиа́нт (ru) m (radiánt) Spanish: punto radiante m

Anagrams

• anti-rad, antirad, intrada, itardan

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.djɑ̃/

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Participle

radiant

1. present participle of radier

Further reading

• “radiant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

radiant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of radiō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French radiant.

Adjective

radiant m or n (feminine singular radiantă, masculine plural radianți, feminine and neuter plural radiante)

1. radiant

Declension

Declension of radiant

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	radiant		radiantă		radianți	radiante
	definite	radiantul		radianta		radianții	radiantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	radiant		radiante		radianți	radiante
	definite	radiantului		radiantei		radianților	radiantelor