coruscant

English

Etymology

From Latin coruscāns (glittering), present participle of coruscō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈɹʌskənt/

Adjective

coruscant (comparative more coruscant, superlative most coruscant)

  1. Emitting flashes of light; glittering.
    • 1950, Isaac Asimov, Pebble in the Sky, Tor, page 71:
      It had not the unbearable glory of the skies of the Central Worlds, where star elbowed star in such blinding competition that the black of night was nearly lost in a coruscant explosion of light.

French

Etymology

From Latin coruscantem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.ʁys.kɑ̃/
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Adjective

coruscant (feminine coruscante, masculine plural coruscants, feminine plural coruscantes)

  1. coruscant

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

coruscant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of coruscō
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