illumination

Borrowed from Middle French illumination, from Late Latin illuminatio, from Latin illumino.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˌlumɪˈneɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˌl(j)umɪˈneɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: il‧lu‧mi‧na‧tion

illumination (countable and uncountable, plural illuminations)

1. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
3. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).
4. (figurative) Splendour; brightness.
5. (figurative) Enlightening influence; inspiration.

• lumination (rare)

• illuminator

Borrowed from Late Latin illuminātiōnem, from Latin illuminō.

• IPA^(key): /i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃/

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illumination f (plural illuminations)

1. enlightenment (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
2. illumination, lighting

• illuminer

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