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FULGOR

Definition: FULGOR

FULGOR

Noun

1. Dazzling brightness; splendor.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "FULGOR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Etymology: Fulgor \Ful"gor\, noun. [Latin expression fulgor, from fulgere to shine.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: FULGOR

Etymologies containing "FULGOR": Foulder. (references)
Non-English Usage: "FULGOR" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (brightness, flash, glittering, glory, lightening), Portuguese (blaze, bright, coruscation, fire, flame, glow, ray, shine), Spanish (glint, radiance).

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Commercial Usage: FULGOR

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: FULGOR

"FULGOR" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "FULGOR" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%5157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FULGOR

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fulgor

5

argentina fulgor

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Bible Trace: FULGOR

LanguageDateSourceJob Chapter 11, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintH de euch sou wsper ewsforoV ek de meshmbriaV anatelei soi zwh
Latin405VulgateEt quasi meridianus fulgor consurget tibi ad vesperam et cum te consumptum putaveris orieris ut lucifer
Middle English1395WyclifAnd as myddai liyting it shal rise to thee at euen; and whan thee wastid thou wenest, thou shalt springe as the dai sterre.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd thy age shall be clearer than the noon-day: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: FULGOR

LanguageJob Chapter 11, Verse 17
Albanianjeta jote do të jetë më e ndritur se mesdita, edhe errësira për ty do të ishte si mëngjesi.
CebuanoUg ang imong kinabuhi modan-ag labi pa kay sa udto; Maingon kana sa kabuntagon bisan pa anaay kangitngit.
Chinese 在 世 的 日 子 、 要 " 正 午 更 明 . 雖 有 黑 暗 、 仍 像 早 晨 。
CroatianJasnije æe tvoj život sjat' no podne, tmina æe se obratit' u svanuæe.
Danishdit Liv skal overstråle Middagssolen, Mørket vorde som lyse Morgen.
DutchJa, uw tijd zal klaarder dan de middag oprijzen; gij zult uitvliegen, als de morgenstond zult gij zijn.
FinnishElämäsi selkenee kirkkaammaksi keskipäivää, pimeänkin aika on niinkuin aamunkoitto.
FrenchTes jours auront plus d`éclat que le soleil son midi, Tes ténèbres seront comme la lumière du matin,
Germanund die Zeit deines Lebens würde aufgehen wie der Mittag, und das Finstere würde ein lichter Morgen werden;
Haitian CreoleLavi ou pral klere pi bèl pase gwo solèy midi. Move pa yo pral tankou yon douvan jou.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariHidupmu akan menjadi lebih terang dari siang hari, dan saat-saat gelap dalam hidupmu secerah sinar pagi.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaKemudian esok hari akan terbit atasmu terang terlebih dari pada tengah hari, dan kegelapan yang sekarang ini berubah menjadi seperti terbit fajar.
MaoriA ko tou ora tera e marama ke atu i to te poutumarotanga o ate ra; a ahakoa e pouri ano, ka rite ki te ata.
NorwegianOg lysere enn middagen blir da ditt liv; mørket blir for dig som morgenen.
PortugueseE a tua vida será mais clara do que o meio-dia; a escuridão dela será como a alva.   
RumanianZilele tale vor strqluci mai tare deckt soarele la amiazq, kntunerecul tqu va fi ca lumina dimineyii.
SpanishTu existencia será más resplandeciente que el mediodía; aun la oscuridad te será como la alborada.
SwedishDitt liv skall då stråla klarare än middagens sken; och kommer mörker på, så är det som en gryning till morgon.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "FULGOR"

Words rhyming with "FULGOR" (pronounced 'Ful"gor'): Algor, Angor, Clangor, Fragor, Nagor. (additional references)

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Anagrams: FULGOR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-g-l-o-r-u"

-1 letter: flour, fluor.

-2 letters: flog, foul, four, frog, frug, furl, golf, gulf, lour, rolf.

-3 letters: flu, fog, for, fou, fro, fug, fur, gor, gul, log, lug, our, rug.

-4 letters: go, lo, of, or.

 Words containing the letters "f-g-l-o-r-u"
 

+1 letter: furlong.

 

+2 letters: bullfrog, flouring, furlongs, furlough, wrongful.

 

+3 letters: bullfrogs, forgetful, fulgurous, furloughs, sugarloaf.

 

+4 letters: flavouring, flugelhorn, furloughed, futurology, wrongfully.

 

+5 letters: florilegium, floundering, flourishing, fluegelhorn, flugelhorns, fluorescing, forgetfully, formulating, formulizing, fulguration, furbelowing, furloughing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FULGOR


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 55 4C 47 4F 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01010101 01001100 01000111 01001111 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#85 &#76 &#71 &#79 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0055 004C 0047 004F 0052

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

405546414952

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Bible Trace
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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