translucent
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-t 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-der. Proto-Italic *loukēō Latin lūceō Latin trānslūceō Latin trānslūcēnsbor. English translucent From Latin trānslūcentem, accusative of trānslūcēns, present participle of trānslūcēre.
- borrowed from trānslūcentem
Definitions
Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it.
- Near-synonym: semitransparent
- The window-panes, encrusted with perennial deposits of Atmosphere, were less transparent than translucent.
- On the windows of the nearer buildings the sun cast glittering beams, but further away a faint, translucent mist hid the city.
Clear, lucid, or transparent.
- I thought you'd come round to my view, but I own I was startled at your not seeing it from the beginning. The man is a translucent liar and knave.
- [T]he sun was in its greatest splendor, and the air was absolutely translucent. The lake and the mountains sprang out, sharp and clear.
Something that is translucent.
- The trademark LaCie «eye» is back, metal is in the house and the translucents are finally in the trash.
The neighborhood
- synonymsemitransparent
- synonymsemipellucid
- synonymsemiopaque
- synonymthrough-shine
- synonymtralucent
- synonymtranslucent
- antonymopaque
- antonymtransparent
- antonymturbid
- neighbortranslucence
- neighbortranslucency
- neighborfrosted
- neighbormilky
- neighborsemidiaphanous
- neighborsheer
- neighbornacreous
- neighboropalescent
- neighboropaline
- neighborpearlescent
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at translucent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at translucent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at translucent
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA