splendor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsplɛndə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsplɛndɚ/ (General-American)
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Etymology
From Anglo-Norman splendur, splendour, or directly from its source Latin splendor, from the verb splendeō (“to shine”).
Meanings
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(US, uncountable, usually) Great light, luster or brilliance.
Once upon a time on an uninhabited island on the shores of the Red Sea, there lived a Parsee from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental-splendour.
1902, Rudyard Kipling, “How the Rhinoceros got its skin”, in Just So Stories:What tho’ the moon—the white moon Shed all the splendour of her noon, Her smile is chilly—and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death.
1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
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(US, uncountable, usually) Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur.
The splendor of the Queen's coronation was without comparison.
The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- (US, uncountable, usually) Great fame or glory.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| splendeur | alternative | lexicographic | |
| splendour | alternative | lexicographic | |
| splendors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
splendrous · outsplendor · splendorous · in splendor
Translations (66)
el μεγαλείο (magnificent appearance) · nn prakt (magnificent appearance) · uga 𐎅𐎄𐎗𐎚 (magnificent appearance) · pl splendor (magnificent appearance) · fi loisto (magnificent appearance) · bg великоле́пие (magnificent appearance) · he הוֹד (magnificent appearance) · cs velkolepost (magnificent appearance) · ru пы́шность (magnificent appearance) · eo belegeco (magnificent appearance) · be бляск (magnificent appearance) · br splannder (magnificent appearance) · cs lesk (magnificent appearance) · sa द्युम्न (magnificent appearance) · uk пи́шність (magnificent appearance) · da pragt (magnificent appearance) · tl gara (magnificent appearance) · ro splendoare (magnificent appearance) · hi वैभव (magnificent appearance) · tr görkem (magnificent appearance) · nl pracht (magnificent appearance) · es esplendor (magnificent appearance) · cs honosnost (magnificent appearance) · ml തേജസ്സ് (magnificent appearance) · el λαμπρότητα (magnificent appearance) · bg бля́сък (magnificent appearance) · la nitiditās (magnificent appearance) · fr splendeur (magnificent appearance) · it splendore (magnificent appearance) · mi ahurei (magnificent appearance) · de Pracht (magnificent appearance) · hi तेज (magnificent appearance) · ml കാന്തി (magnificent appearance) · bn রৌশনী (magnificent appearance) · txb peñiyo (magnificent appearance) · la lux (magnificent appearance) · uk блиск (magnificent appearance) · hi शोभा (magnificent appearance) · sa तेजस् (magnificent appearance) · ga breáichte (magnificent appearance) · ru великоле́пие (magnificent appearance) · haw hinuhinu (magnificent appearance) · bg пи́щност (magnificent appearance) · pl wspaniałość (magnificent appearance) · be пы́шнасць (magnificent appearance) · sk veľkoleposť (magnificent appearance) · sk honosnosť (magnificent appearance) · sk lesk (magnificent appearance) · nb prakt (magnificent appearance) · ga áilleacht (magnificent appearance) · hi प्रताप (magnificent appearance) · sk nádhera (magnificent appearance) · cs nádhera (magnificent appearance) · ar مَجْد (magnificent appearance) · nl grandeur (magnificent appearance) · fi loistokkuus (magnificent appearance) · sv prakt (magnificent appearance) · pt esplendor (magnificent appearance) · uk вели́ч (magnificent appearance) · la splendor (magnificent appearance) · la iubar (magnificent appearance) · ru блеск (magnificent appearance) · txb pernerñe (magnificent appearance) · he פְּאֵר (magnificent appearance) · el χλιδή (magnificent appearance) · ca esplendor (magnificent appearance)