illumination

Borrowed from Middle French illumination, from Late Latin illuminatio, from Latin illumino.

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

illumination (countable and uncountable, plural illuminations)

1. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
3. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).
4. (figuratively) Splendour; brightness.
5. (figuratively) Enlightening influence; inspiration.

• lumination (rare)

Borrowed from Late Latin illuminatio, illuminationem, from Latin illumino.

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illumination f (plural illuminations)

1. enlightenment (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
2. illumination, lighting

• illuminer

• “illumination” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).