splendor

== English == === Alternative forms === splendour (British, Canadian) splendeur (British, Canadian) === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman splendur, splendour, or directly from its source Latin splendor, from the verb splendeō (“to shine”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsplɛndə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsplɛndɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ) === Noun === splendor (usually uncountable, plural splendors) (American spelling) Great light, luster or brilliance. Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur. Great fame or glory. ==== Usage notes ==== Splendor is the standard spelling in American English. Splendour is correct in modern British and Commonwealth English. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === speldron == Latin == === Etymology === From splendeō + -or. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈspɫɛn.dɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsplɛn.dor] === Noun === splendor m (genitive splendōris); third declension sheen, brightness, brilliance, luster, splendor renown, fame ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “splendor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “splendor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Old French == === Alternative forms === esplendor esplendur splandor splendur === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin splendor. === Noun === splendor oblique singular, f (oblique plural splendors, nominative singular splendor, nominative plural splendors) splendor (brilliant brightness) ==== Descendants ==== French: splendeur → English: splendor, splendour === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “splendor”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin splendor. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛndɔr Syllabification: splen‧dor === Noun === splendor m inan (related adjective splendorny) splendor (magnificent appearance, display or grandeur) privilege, honor ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “splendor”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “splendor”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) “*SPLENDOR”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 10.12.2008