vibrant

See also: Vibrant

English

Etymology

From French vibrant, from Latin vibrans, present participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”). See vibrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪbɹənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

vibrant (comparative more vibrant, superlative most vibrant)

1. Pulsing with energy or activity.

   He has a vibrant personality.

2. Lively and vigorous.
3. Vibrating, resonant or resounding.
   • 1770, Anthony Champion, “The Empire of Love. / A Philosophical Poem.”, in Miscellanies, in Verse and Prose, English and Latin, T. Bensley, for J. White, page 111:

     Mock their pale vigils, void and vain, / Whether, more curious than humane, / Like Augurs old, they pore / On the still-vibrant fibre's frame;

   • 1905, David Thomas Ffrangcon-Davies, The Singing of the Future, J. Lane, page 258:

     A vibrant voice in the true sense is of course desirable

4. (of a colour) Bright.

Synonyms

• (pulsing with energy or activity): dynamic, energetic, spirited; see also Thesaurus:active
• (lively, vigorous):
• (resonant, resounding): booming, remugient; see also Thesaurus:sonorous
• (bright): dazzling, luminous, nitid

Related terms

• vibrate
• vibration
• vibrantly
• vibrator

Translations

pulsing with energy or activity

• Azerbaijani: qaynar (az)
• Bulgarian: пулсиращ (bg) (pulsirašt)
• Danish: pulserende
• Dutch: energiek (nl)
• Finnish: elämää sykkivä, voimaa pursuava
• Galician: vibrante
• Georgian: ცოცხალი (cocxali), ცხოველი (ka) (cxoveli), სიცოცხლისუნარიანი (sicocxlisunariani)
• German: dynamisch (de), pulsierend (de)
• Italian: energico (it), operoso (it)
• Latvian: enerģisks, možs, mundrs, kustīgs
• Maori: ngangahau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pulserende

• Russian: живо́й (ru) (živój)
• Spanish: vibrante (es)
• Turkish: hayat dolu (tr), hareketli (tr)

lively and vigorous

• Azerbaijani: canlı (az), qızğın (az), coşqun (az)
• Danish: livlig, kvik
• Dutch: levendig (nl), kwiek (nl)
• Finnish: eloisa (fi)
• Galician: vibrante
• Georgian: ცოცხალი (cocxali), ცხოველი (ka) (cxoveli), სიცოცხლისუნარიანი (sicocxlisunariani)
• German: lebendig (de), lebhaft (de), lebenssprühend, kräftig (de)
• Italian: vivace (it), vigoroso (it)
• Latvian: možs, mundrs, žirgts, spirgts, kustīgs, ņiprs
• Maori: ngangahau
• Russian: живо́й (ru) (živój)
• Spanish: vibrante (es)
• Turkish: canlı (tr), enerjik (tr), güçlü (tr), coşkun (tr), ateşli (tr)

vibrating, resonant or resounding

• Bulgarian: вибриращ (bg) (vibrirašt), резониращ (bg) (rezonirašt)
• Danish: vibrerende, svingende, strålende
• Finnish: värisevä (fi), värähtelevä (fi), väräjöivä
• Georgian: კანკალა (ḳanḳala), მთრთოლავი (mtrtolavi)
• German: vibrierend (de), schwingend (de), strahlend (de)
• Italian: effervescente (it)
• Russian: резонирующий (ru) (rezonirujuščij)
• Spanish: vibrante (es)
• Turkish: çınlayan, çınlayıcı, titreşen, titreşimli (tr)

Noun

vibrant (plural vibrants)

1. (phonetics) Any of a class of consonants including taps and trills.

Further reading

• “vibrant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “vibrant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Catalan

Verb

vibrant

1. gerund of vibrar

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

vibrant

1. present participle of vibrer

Further reading

• “vibrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

vibrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of vibrō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vibrant.

Adjective

vibrant m or n (feminine singular vibrantă, masculine plural vibranți, feminine and neuter plural vibrante)

1. vibrant

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	vibrant		vibrantă		vibranți	vibrante
	definite	vibrantul		vibranta		vibranții	vibrantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	vibrant		vibrante		vibranți	vibrante
	definite	vibrantului		vibrantei		vibranților	vibrantelor