A small, naked bulb gave the only illumination.
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Illumination
//ɪˌlumɪˈneɪʃən//
Synonyms for "illumination" (200 found)
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decodingdecordecorationdecorative lightingdemonstrationdemythologizationdidacticsdiptychdirect lightingdirectiondyeingedificationeditingeducationelaborationelectric lightingelucidationemanationembellishmentemblazonment
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emblazonryembroideryemendationencaustic cerographyencaustic paintingengravingenlightenmenteuhemerismexegesisexemplificationexplanationexplicationexpositionexpoundingfestoon lightingfinger paintingfloodlightingflourishflower arrangementflower paintingfluorescencefluorescent lightingfrescofresco paintingfurniture arrangementgarnishgarnishmentgarnituregaslightinggenre paintingglow lightinggouachegrisailleguidancehighlighthighlightsiconilluminance
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illustrationimageimpastoincandescenceincandescent lightingindirect lightinginformationinsightinspirationinstructionirradianceirradiancyirradiationlearningliberal educationlight and shadelight sourcelightinglikenesslithography
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luminationluminosityluminous energymonochromemontagemosaicmuralmural paintingoil paintingornamentornamentationoverhead lightingpaintingpanoramapedagogicspedagogyphosphorescencephotographphotosensitivitypicturepicturizationpigmentationportraitureposter paintingprintprivate teachingprogrammed instructionradianceradiancyradiant energyradiationrationalereasonreeducationrepresentationreproductionrevelationschoolingself-instructionself-teachingsidelightsimplificationsolutionsophisticationspoon-feedingspot lightingstage lightingstained glass windowstainingstencilstill lifestore of knowledgestrip lightingtableautapestryteachingthe brushtinctiontingingtintingtonalitytrimtrimmingtriptychtuitiontutelagetutoragetutoringtutorshipunderstandingunlockingvisible radiationwall paintingwashwash drawingwindow dressing
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78 translations across 45 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ndriçim noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Arabic
1 entries- إِضَاءَة noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Armenian
2 entries- լուսավորություն noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- հրավառություն noun (festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights)
Belarusian
2 entries- асвятле́нне noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- асьвятле́ньне n ілюміна́цыя noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Bulgarian
4 entries- илюстра́ции noun (adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations)
- осветле́ние noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- осветя́ване noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- светли́нна укра́са noun (festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ڕۆشنایی noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏨᏍᏙᏗ noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 照明 noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Czech
2 entries- iluminace noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- osvětlení noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Dutch
1 entries- verlichting noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Esperanto
1 entries- iluminado noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Finnish
3 entries- juhlavalaistus noun (festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights)
- valaiseminen noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- valaistus noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
French
2 entries- enluminure noun (adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations)
- illumination noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Galician
1 entries- iluminación noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Georgian
1 entries- განათება noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
German
1 entries- Beleuchtung noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Greek
1 entries- φωτισμός noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Hebrew
1 entries- תְּאוּרָה noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Hindi
2 entries- दीप्ति noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- रोशनी noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Hungarian
2 entries- kivilágítás noun (festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights)
- megvilágítás noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Indonesian
3 entries- iluminasi noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- iluminasi noun (adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations)
- penyinaran noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- تَذْهیب noun (adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations)
- رُوْشَنایی noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- رُوْشَنی noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- زَرْنِگاری noun (adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations)
Irish
2 entries- soilsiú noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- soilsiú noun (festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights)
Italian
2 entries- illuminazione noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- luminaria noun (festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights)
Japanese
3 entries- イルミネーション noun (festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights)
- ライトアップ noun (festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights)
- 照明 noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Khmer
1 entries- ពន្លឺ noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Korean
1 entries- 조명 noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Macedonian
1 entries- осветлување noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Malay
1 entries- pencahayaan noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Māori
1 entries- tūramatanga noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Polish
2 entries- iluminacja noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- oświetlenie noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Portuguese
1 entries- iluminação noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Romanian
2 entries- iluminare noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- iluminație noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Russian
3 entries- иллюмина́ция noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- иллюмина́ция noun (festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights)
- освеще́ние noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- soilleireachadh noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- rȃsveta noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- rȃsvjeta noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- ра̑света noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- ра̑свјета noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Slovak
2 entries- iluminácia noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- osvetlenie noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Slovene
1 entries- svetloba noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Spanish
3 entries- iluminación noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- iluminación noun (festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights)
- ilustración noun (adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations)
Tocharian B
2 entries- lalaukar noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- lyūke noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Turkish
1 entries- aydınlatma noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Ukrainian
2 entries- осві́тлення noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
- ілюміна́ція noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Urdu
1 entries- روشْنی noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Uzbek
1 entries- yoritish noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bôi lên noun (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Can I ask for an illumination?
Source: tatoeba (2851454)
Moonlight was the only illumination.
Source: tatoeba (4493866)
Insufficient illumination is deleterious to ocular health.
Source: tatoeba (9982747)
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