How do you pronounce incandescent?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/.

incandescent

/ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: in-can-des-cent
IPA: /ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/

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Meaning

adj

Emitting light as a result of being heated.

adj

Shining very brightly.

adj

Showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc.

adj

Extremely angry; furious.

noun

An incandescent lamp or bulb.

Example Sentences

"We will all go together when we go / All suffused with an incandescent glow"
"Rather than burning out as incandescent bulbs do, L.E.D.’s light output dims over tens of thousands of hours. L.E.D.’s are also more resistant to vibration than incandescents or screw-in fluorescent bulbs, and do not flicker or hum."
"Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars]."
"The incandescent performance enraptured the audience."
"She is incandescent with rage because someone stole her wallet."
"Compact fluorescents are typically rated at 7,500 to 10,000 hours, and incandescents at about 1,500 hours."

Etymology

Borrowed from French incandescent, from Latin incandescens, from incandesco (“be heated, glow”), from in- (intensifying prefix) + candesco (“become white”), from candidus (“white”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: incandescens

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/
British English: /ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/

Inflected Forms

more incandescent (comparative) most incandescent (superlative) incandescents (plural)

Derived Forms

nonincandescent subincandescent

Phrases

incandescent lamp

Frequently Paired Words

incandescence incandescently fluorescent

Synonyms

candent

Rhymes With

adolescent crescent fluorescent incessant antidepressant iridescent convalescent depressant effervescent luminescent quiescent suppressant