luminescência
Portuguese, noun/lu.mi.neˈsẽ.sjɐ/
luminescência is spelled L-U-M-I-N-E-S-C-Ê-N-C-I-A (13 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 96,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luminescência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “luminescence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emissão de luz por uma substância a temperaturas baixas ou do ambiente”.
What does luminescência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineluminescence
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. emissão de luz por uma substância a temperaturas baixas ou do ambiente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of luminescência
- luminescências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce luminescência?
- Brazil /lu.mi.neˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /lu.mi.nɨʃˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /lu.mi.nɨˈʃẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to luminescência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is luminescência in Portuguese?
luminescência appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).