fulgor

== English == === Alternative forms === fulgour (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fulgor. === Noun === fulgor (usually uncountable, plural fulgors) Splendor, splendour; dazzling brightness. ==== References ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fulgor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Italian == === Noun === fulgor m (apocopated) apocopic form of fulgore == Latin == === Etymology === fulgeō (“I flash, lighten”) +‎ -or (abstract noun suffix). A later formation compared to fulgur. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfʊɫ.ɡɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈful.ɡor] === Noun === fulgor m (genitive fulgōris); third declension lightning Synonyms: fulgur, fulgetrum, fulgurātiō, fulmen flash, glitter, gleam, brightness, splendour Synonyms: fulgur, clāritas̄, clāritūdō, nitor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== fulgeō fulgur fulmen ==== Descendants ==== Italian: folgore, → fulgore → English: fulgor → Galician: fulgor → Portuguese: fulgor → Spanish: fulgor === References === “fulgor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fulgor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fulgor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fulˈɡoɾ/ [fulˈɣ̞oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: ful‧gor === Noun === fulgor m (plural fulgores) shine, glow, splendor Synonyms: brillo, esplendor ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “fulgor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025