illuminant

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See also: il·luminant

English

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Etymology

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From French.

Noun

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illuminant (plural illuminants)

  1. Something that illuminates.
    • 1946 July and August, “The Why and The Wherefore: Natural Gas at Heathfield”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
      For a good many years, beginning in London, Brighton & South Coast days, the station at Heathfield, between Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne, was lighted by natural gas. The use of this illuminant was discontinued about 1934.

Adjective

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illuminant (not comparable)

  1. That illuminates.

Translations

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References

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French

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Participle

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illuminant

  1. present participle of illuminer

Further reading

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Latin

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Verb

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illūminant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of illūminō