translucent
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4.8
- adjective
- /trænˈsluːsənt/
:
traslúcido
- The artist chose translucent paint for his canvas, creating layers that added depth but still obscured the underlying image.
- translucent blue
- translucent plastic
- translucent skin
So I'm applying a loose translucent powder, a bit of dry skin there.
- So I'm applying a loose translucent powder, a bit of dry skin there.
- This is a really really nice semi opaque, semi translucent lip gloss.
- I'm not looking into some sort of semi translucent complicated thing.
- Oh my God, the new translucent pure setting spray.
- This one is bamboo style translucent, just to give somebody.
Examples
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The translucent curtains allowed soft light to filter into the room without revealing the details of what was inside.
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After dressing, he reached into the suit's outer pocket to find three small, translucent stones.
Fiction book (1994) -
This beautiful, almost translucent skin.
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The falling snow shows up as a translucent yellow wash over the scene.
Fiction book (1993) -
Fully six feet tall, her skin was a pale, translucent green, and her large eyes were emerald.
Fiction book (1992) -
The center of the room was occupied by a large table made of translucent, many-colored squares.
Fiction book (1992) -
The grass was eerily bright, translucent green in every fainting patch of light.
Fiction book (1994) -
Yet, under his hands, marble lost its hardness... became soft as wax, translucent as alabaster.
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The baby had curly blond hair, a surprising amount of it, and translucent fingernails, soft as new shells.
Fiction book (1990) -
She admired the translucent leaves of the plant, which let sunlight shine through in beautiful patterns.
Synonyms
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4.0
Very thin and almost see-through, like light fabric
7
6.7
Very thin and light, often letting light pass through like a curtain
1
4.3
A material that lets some light through but you cannot see objects clearly
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9.9
Clear and see-through like glass
Letting some light through but not fully clear
Partly transparent fabric that lets some light through while giving some privacy
Letting only some light pass so you can only see shapes through it
Antonyms
Compounds
How Transparent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Translucent comes from two parts: trans- meaning 'through' and lucent from Latin lucere meaning 'to shine' or 'light', the same root as lucid. So, a translucent object 'lets light through' but you cannot see things clearly through it.