bioluminescence

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.

Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os)

Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der.

English bio-

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-s-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥

Proto-Italic *louksmən

Latin lumen

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti

Proto-Italic *-ēskō

Latin -ēscō

Latin -escensder.

English -escence

English luminescence

English bioluminescence

From bio- + luminescence.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪ̯oʊ̯ˌluməˈnɛsəns/

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• Hyphenation: bi‧o‧lu‧mi‧nes‧cence

Noun

bioluminescence (countable and uncountable, plural bioluminescences)

1. (biology, biochemistry) The emission of light by a living organism (such as a firefly).

Derived terms

• autobioluminescence

Related terms

• bioluminescently
• bioluminescent
• bioluminesce

Translations

emission of light by a living organism

• Catalan: bioluminescència f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生物發光 / 生物发光 (zh) (shēngwùfāguāng)

• Esperanto: bioluminesko
• Finnish: bioluminesenssi
• French: bioluminescence (fr) f
• Galician: bioluminescencia (gl) f
• German: Biolumineszenz (de) f
• Hungarian: biolumineszcencia (hu)
• Icelandic: lífljómun (is) f
• Irish: bithlonracht f
• Italian: bioluminescenza (it) f
• Japanese: 生物発光 (せいぶつはっこう, seibutsuhakkō)
• Malayalam: ജൈവദീപ്തി (jaivadīpti)
• Persian: زیست‌تابی (zist-tâbi)
• Polish: bioluminescencja (pl) f
• Portuguese: bioluminescência f
• Romanian: bioluminescență (ro) f
• Russian: биолюминесце́нция (ru) f (bioljuminescéncija)
• Spanish: bioluminiscencia (es) f
• Swedish: bioluminiscens (sv), bioluminescens
• Telugu: జీవసందీప్తి (jīvasandīpti)
• Turkish: biyoluminesans

See also

• biofluorescence
• chemoluminescence
• luciferase

French

Etymology

From bio- +‎ luminescence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjo.ly.mi.nɛ.sɑ̃s/ ~ /bjo.ly.mi.ne.sɑ̃s/

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Noun

bioluminescence f (plural bioluminescences)

1. bioluminescence

Related terms

• bioluminescent