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Pronunciation / Transliteration: durchscheinend
"Die Vorhänge sind leicht durchscheinend."
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Allowing light, but not detailed images, to pass through; semitransparent.
"The lamp gave off a soft glow through its translucent shade."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Latin translucens, present participle of translucere ('to shine through'), from trans- ('through') + lucere ('to shine').
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Translucent" is said worldwide
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translucide
Transliteration: translucide
"Les rideaux laissent passer une lumière translucide."
durchscheinend
Transliteration: durchscheinend
"Die Vorhänge sind leicht durchscheinend."
traslucido
Transliteration: traslucido
"Il vetro smerigliato è traslucido."
translúcido
Transliteration: translúcido
"El papel translúcido deja pasar la luz."
translúcido
Transliteration: translúcido
"O vidro translúcido garante a privacidade."
पारभासी
Transliteration: parbhasi
"यह पर्दा पारभासी है।"
半透明的
Transliteration: bàntōumíng de
"这种材料是半透明的。"
반투명한
Transliteration: bantumyeonghan
"그 창문은 반투명한 유리로 되어 있다."
半透明の
Transliteration: hantōmei no
"すりガラスは半透明です。"
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