How to pronounce illumination
American English pronunciation
ih-loo-mih-NAY-shun
- IPA
- /ɪˌlumɪˈneɪʃən/
- Syllables
- ih · loo · mih · NAY · shun (5 syllables, stress on the 4th)
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What illumination means
Most people know illumination in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
Colored pictures and gold in an old handwritten book
In a sentence: The old book's illumination sparkled with gold and bright blue.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin illuminatio, from illuminare, to light up. It is the same word as illumination meaning light.
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