vibrant
See also: Vibrant
English
editEtymology
editFrom French vibrant, from Latin vibrans, present participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”). See vibrate.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪbɹənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editvibrant (comparative more vibrant, superlative most vibrant)
- Pulsing with energy or activity.
- He has a vibrant personality.
- Lively and vigorous.
- Vibrating, resonant or resounding.
- 1770, Anthony Champion, “The Empire of Love. / A Philosophical Poem.”, in Miscellanies, in Verse and Prose, English and Latin, T. Bensley, for J. White, page 111:
- Mock their pale vigils, void and vain, / Whether, more curious than humane, / Like Augurs old, they pore / On the still-vibrant fibre's frame;
- 1905, David Thomas Ffrangcon-Davies, The Singing of the Future, J. Lane, page 258:
- A vibrant voice in the true sense is of course desirable
- (of a colour) Bright.
Synonyms
edit- (pulsing with energy or activity): dynamic, energetic, spirited; see also Thesaurus:active
- (lively, vigorous):
- (resonant, resounding): booming, remugient; see also Thesaurus:sonorous
- (bright): dazzling, luminous, nitid
Related terms
editTranslations
editpulsing with energy or activity
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lively and vigorous
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vibrating, resonant or resounding
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Noun
editvibrant (plural vibrants)
- (phonetics) Any of a class of consonants including taps and trills.
Further reading
edit- “vibrant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “vibrant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Catalan
editVerb
editvibrant
French
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Participle
editvibrant
Further reading
edit- “vibrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editVerb
editvibrant
Romanian
editEtymology
editAdjective
editvibrant m or n (feminine singular vibrantă, masculine plural vibranți, feminine and neuter plural vibrante)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | vibrant | vibrantă | vibranți | vibrante | |||
definite | vibrantul | vibranta | vibranții | vibrantele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | vibrant | vibrante | vibranți | vibrante | |||
definite | vibrantului | vibrantei | vibranților | vibrantelor |
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