nitidus

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) shining, polished, glittering
2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) handsome, beautiful, good-looking
3. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) healthy-looking, well conditioned
4. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) sleek, plump
5. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) blooming, fertile
6. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) cultivated, refined
7. (Late-Latin, adjective, declension-1, declension-2) pure, clean

Sinonieme

speciosus

clārus

lūcidus

Vertalings

bright

حسن

resplandor

زاهٍ

brillant

maco

نَيﱢر

guapo

anmutig

ansehnlicher

glänzend

hell

hübsch

schön

زين

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈnɪ.tɪ.dʊs]

Etimologie (Engels)

From niteō (“to shine”) + -idus. The extended sense of 'pure, clean' (first attested in Marcellus Empiricus, ca. 400 CE) survives in the Gallo- and Italo-Romance descendants of the word.