effulgence
/ɪˈfʌl.d͡ʒəns/noun
effulgence is a noun meaning “A state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-F-F-U-L-G-E-N-C-E, and it appears about once in every 33 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of effulgence is effulgences.
What does effulgence mean?
noun
- 1
A state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce effulgence?
- /ɪˈfʌl.d͡ʒəns/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-effulgence.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of effulgence
- effulgences plural
- affulgence
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is effulgence?
Effulgence appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Effulgence in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of being bright and radiant:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Glanz |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does effulgence come from?
From Latin ex- (“out of, from”) and fulgere (“to shine”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).