lumination

Englisch

WOTD – 24 August 2017

Etymology

A man and a dog surrounded by lumination in the form of lamps

From Latin *lūminātiō, *lūminātiōnem (“illumination”), from lūminār, lūmināre (from lūminō (“to brighten, to illuminate; to reveal (throw light on)”), from lūmen (“light”) (probably from lūx (“light”) + -men (“suffix forming neuter nouns of the third declension”)), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-s-men (“light”) (from Proto-Italic *louks, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; light; white”) + *-mn̥ (“suffix indicating a noun”))) + Latin -tiō, -tiōnem (“-tion, suffix forming a noun relating to some action or the result of an action”) (from Proto-Italic *-tiō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (“suffix forming nouns from verbs”)), equivalent to .

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /l(j)uːmɪˈneɪʃən/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /luməˈneɪʃən/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: lu‧mi‧na‧tion

Nomen

lumination (countable and uncountable, plural luminations)

1. (rare) Illumination; specifically, artificial illumination.

Synonyms

• brightening
• lighting
• illumination

Antonyms

• darkening
• shadowing

Derived terms

• translumination

Related terms

• illuminate
• illuminatingly
• illumine
• luminate (obsolete)
• lumine (obsolete)

Translations

illumination — see illumination