splendour

splen·dour  (splndr)

n. Chiefly British

Variant of splendor.

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splendour US, splendor [ˈsplɛndə]

n

1. the state or quality of being splendid

(History / Heraldry)

sun in splendour Heraldry a representation of the sun with rays and a human face

splendorous , splendrous [ˈsplɛndrəs] adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	splendour - a quality that outshines the usual   brilliancy, luster, splendor, lustre brightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
	2.	splendour - the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products" grandeur, magnificence, splendor, brilliance, grandness elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" eclat - brilliant or conspicuous success or effect; "the eclat of a great achievement"

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splendour

noun

1. magnificence, glory, grandeur, show, display, ceremony, luxury, spectacle, majesty, richness, nobility, pomp, opulence, solemnity, éclat, gorgeousness, sumptuousness, stateliness, resplendence, luxuriousness They met in the splendour of the hotel.
magnificence squalor, meanness, poverty, simplicity, ordinariness, plainness, tawdriness

2. brilliance, brightness, radiance, dazzle, lustre, effulgence, refulgence We were led through the fairy-lit splendour of the centre.
brilliance dullness

Translations

splendour splendor (US) [ˈsplendəʳ] N → esplendor m

splendour [ˈsplɛndə^r] (British) splendor (US) n → splendeur f, magnificence f

splendour, (US) splendor

n → Pracht f no pl; (of music, achievement) → Großartigkeit f; the splendours of the Roman Empire → der Glanz or die Pracht des Römischen Reiches

splendour splendor (Am) [ˈsplɛndəʳ] n → splendore m, magnificenza

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splendour splendor (Am) [ˈsplɛndəʳ] n → splendore m, magnificenza