radiante

Esperanto

Adverb

radiante

  1. present adverbial active participle of radii

Italian

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], printed by the Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco, page 2:
      Laudato ſie mi ſignore cũ tucte le tue creature, ſpetialm̃te meſſoꝛ lo fr̃e ſole, lo qual e ioꝛno ⁊ allumini noi ᵱ loi. Et ellu e bellu e radiante cũ grande ſplendore.
      Praised be You, my Lord, with all Your creatures, especially to my worshipful brother sun, which is the day, and through him you give us brightness; and beautiful is he and radiant with splendor great;

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

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

radiante

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of radiāns

Portuguese

Adjective

radiante m or f (plural radiantes)

  1. radiant (visually dazzling)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:radiante.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin radiāns. Cognate with English radiant.

Adjective

radiante (plural radiantes)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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