different between luminescent vs flaming

English

Etymology

From stem of Latin lumen (“light”) +? -escent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu?m??n?s(?)nt/
• Hyphenation: lumin?es?cent
• Rhymes: -?s?nt

Adjective

luminescent (comparative more luminescent, superlative most luminescent)

1. Emitting light by luminescence.

Derived terms

Related terms

• luminesce
• luminescence
• phosphorescent

See also

• fluorescent
• iridescent

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

luminescent (masculine and feminine plural luminescents)

1. luminescent

Derived terms

• bioluminescent

Related terms

• luminescència

Further reading

• “luminescent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “luminescent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “luminescent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “luminescent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Adjective

luminescent (feminine singular luminescente, masculine plural luminescents, feminine plural luminescentes)

1. luminescent

Derived terms

• bioluminescent

Related terms

• luminescence

Further reading

• “luminescent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French luminescent

Adjective

luminescent m or n (feminine singular luminescent?, masculine plural luminescen?i, feminine and neuter plural luminescente)

1. luminescent

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fle?m??/
• Rhymes: -e?m??

Adjective

flaming (comparative more flaming, superlative most flaming)

1. On fire with visible flames.

   The flaming debris kept the firefighter well back, and the sparks threatened the neighborhood.

   • 2011, Stephanie Owen Reeder, Amazing Grace: An Adventure at Sea (page 76)

     On Christmas Day, the pudding was served piping hot, with flaming brandy on top.

2. Very bright and the color of flame.
3. (colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.

   To call him a flaming homosexual would be an understatement, but I think he acts that way just to see people react.

4. (Britain, colloquial) Damned, bloody.

   I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!

Translations

Verb

flaming

1. present participle of flame

Noun

flaming (plural flamings)

1. An emission or application of fire; act of burning with flames.
   • 1950, Market Growers Journal (volume 79, page 12)

     The burning is done before the crop has come up, and usually two flamings are necessary to kill all weeds […]

2. Sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.
3. (Internet slang) Vitriolic criticism.

   You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.

See also

• flame war
• flame bait

Polish

Etymology

From Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamengo (“flame colored”), from Provençal flama (“flame”), from Latin flamma (“flame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fla.m?ink/

Noun

flaming m anim

1. flamingo

Declension