Splendour

Definition: Splendour

Splendour

Noun

1. A quality that outshines the usual.

2. The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "splendour" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

"Splendour" is a common misspelling or typo for: splendor.

Synonyms: Splendour

Crosswords: Splendour

Rio de Janeiro: City of Splendour (1936)

Lebanon... Imprisoned Splendour (1996)

Alex Colville: The Splendour of Order (1983)

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

Books

• Egypt: Mamluk Art the Splendour and Magic of the Sultans (reference)

• Honor's Splendour (reference)

• Silk and Splendour (reference)

• Splendour (reference)

• Splendour of Mathura Art and Museum (reference)

  (more book examples)

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

They are overwhelmed with the splendour of all that is immaculate and inaccessible.

Plato, I believe, said that beauty is the splendour of truth.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "splendour": floral splendour ♦ majestic splendour. Additional references.

Afrikaans

luukse (de luxe, deluxe, lux, luxurious, luxury). (various references)

Albanian

shkëlqim (aureola, aureole, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, distinction, eclat, effulgence, flamboyance, flamboyancy, flame, glint, glitter, glory, gloss, glow, halo, irradiation, lambency, luster, lustre, nimbus, pageantry, polish, pomp, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor), madhështi (brilliance, brilliancy, elevation, flamboyance, flamboyancy, glory, grandeur, grandiosity, majesty, pageantry, pomp, solemnity, splendor, state, sublimity), bukuri (beauty, charm, glory, pulchritude, splendor). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فخفخة (pomp, splendor), ‏فخامة (grandeur, magnificence, majesty, nobleness, splendor), ‏سناء (eminence, splendor, sublimity), ‏سطوع (brightness, effulgence, radiance, shine, splendor), ‏عظمة (force, grandeur, greatness, laurels, lordliness, magnificence, magnitude, majesty, noble-mindedness, pageantry, pomp, splendor, state, sublimate), ‏إمتياز (charter, concession, distinction, excellence, franchise, lien, note, patent, prerogative, privilege, splendor), ‏إشراق (brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, clearness, high rise, lightness, lucidity, luminosity, splendor, sunshine), ‏أبهة (pageantry, panoply, pomp, pride, splendor, state), ‏رونق (lustrine, splendor), ‏روعة (charm, glamor, glamour, magnificence, splendor, wonderment), ‏شىء رائع (splendor), ‏بذخ (pomp, splendor, state). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разкош (exuberance, luxury, opulence, pomp, pomposity, splendor, state, sumptuousness), величие (eminence, greatness, largeness, magnificence, majesty, mightiness, splendor, sublimity), великолепие (brilliance, brilliancy, glory, grandeur, luster, lustre, magnificence, pomp, richness, splendor, state, style), блясък (blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, dash, eclat, effulgence, fire, flash, glamor, glamour, glance, glint, glitter, glory, gloss, glossiness, heraldry, illumination, irradiation, lambency, light, luminance, luminosity, luster, lustre, pageantry, polish, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, resplendency, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor), пищност (flamboyance, glitter, luxuriance, pageant, pageantry, pomp, pomposity, profusion, splendor, theatricality). (various references)

Czech

velkolepost (grandeur, magnificence, splendor), nádhera (finery, glory, pageantry, pomp, richness, splendor), lesk (brilliance, dazzle, glare, gleam, glitter, gloss, glossiness, luster, lustre, polish, radiance, refulgence, shimmer, shine), honosnost (splendor). (various references)

Danish

luksus (lux, luxury). (various references)

Dutch

weelderigheid (lux, luxury), weelde (lux, luxury), vertoon (display, grandeur, parade, pomp, splender), pracht (gloss, grandeur, lux, luxury, pomp, sheen, splender), praal (grandeur, pomp, splender), luxe (lux, luxury), lux (lux, luxury), luister (grandeur, pomp, splender), fonkeling. (various references)

Faeroese

marglæti (lux, luxury). (various references)

Finnish

suurenmoisuus (grandeur, magnificence), upeus (magnificence, stateliness), uhkeus (magnificence), loisto (beacon, brilliancy, grandeur, luxury, magnificence, show), komeus (magnificence, state, stateliness). (various references)

French

splendeur (splendor). (various references)

Frisian

lúkse (lux, luxury). (various references)

German

Pracht (glory, gorgeousness, grandeur, luxuriance, magnificence, resplendence, splendor, stateliness, sumptuousness). (various references)

Greek 

μεγαλείο (glamor, glamour, glory, grandeur, majesty, splendor, splendours, sublime, sublimeness), λάμψη (brightness, coruscation, eclat, effulgence, flare, flash, glare, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, limelight, luster, lustre, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, resplendency, shine, shininess, shining, splendor, twinkle), λαμπρότησ (lucence, lucency, lustrousness, sheen, splendidness, splendor), λαμπρότητα (brilliance, eclat, lucence, lucency, lustrousness, pomp, resplendence, resplendency, sheen, splendidness, splendor). (various references)

Hebrew 

זיו (brightness, brilliance, glamor, lustre). (various references)

Hungarian

ragyogás (blaze, brilliance, brilliancy, effulgence, flame, glamor, glamour, glare, glitter, glossiness, glowing, irradiation, lucency, luster, lustre, Lustrum, magnificence, radiance, radiancy, sheen, shine, splendor), nagyszerűség (grandiosity, magnificence, nobleness, splendor, sublimeness). (various references)

Italian

splendore (blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, elan, glory, glow, grandeur, luster, lustre, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, sheen, shine, splendor, wonderfulness), sfarzo (magnificence, pomp, splendor), lusso (lux, luxury), fastosit� (pomp, splendor), fasto (pomp, splendor). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

豪壮 (grandeur, magnificence), 雄大 (grandeur, magnificence), 光輝 (brightness). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そうれい (funeral, in the prime of manhood, magnificence, poltergeist, pompousness), �"うそう (fine disposition, grandeur, magnificence), �"うさい (acquaintance, association, brilliance, clever speech, company, friendship, High Court, iris, judicial decision, public bond or securities, public debt, slag, society), �"うき (aroused energy, ascendency, bad breath, brightness, broad gauge, chance, conceited, discipline, easygoing, final, fragrance, good opportunity, high class, high-spirited action, ideal time, Imperial era, inquisitiveness, intimation, latter period, law and order, optimistic, postscript, public institution, Red Flag, rise, scale, school discipline, school flag, school regulations), ゆう� い (grandeur, magnificence), えいが (film, glory, luxury, majesty, movie), えいよう (luxury, nourishment, nutrition, prosperity). (various references)

Manx

sullyraght (cheerfulness, clearness, limpidity), mooar-chooish (splendidness), braewid (braveness, fineness, handsomeness), aalid (beauty, good looks). (various references)

Papiamen

luha (lux, luxury). (various references)

Pig Latin

endoursplay

Portuguese

suntuosidade (costliness, lordliness, luxe, magnificence, nobleness, richness, splendor), resplendor (fire, flush, glint, glisten, glitter, halo, nimbus, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, sheen, splendor), pompa (eclat, flaunt, grandeur, grandiosity, inflation, magnificence, pageantry, pomp, pride, shew, show, showiness, splender, splendor, trappings), magnificência (fullness, fulness, glory, luxury, magnificence, richness, royalty, splendor), grande aparato (splendor), esplendor (blaze, bravery, bright, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, eclat, effulgence, flourish, grandeur, illumination, irradiation, luster, lustre, magnificence, pomp, radiance, radiancy, resplendence, sheen, splendor). (various references)

Romanian

strãlucire (bravery, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, eclat, effulgence, fineness, fire, flame, flash, flashing, flush, gaiety, glitter, gloss, glow, gorgeousness, grandeur, irradiance, irradiation, lucency, luminosity, luster, lustre, panoply, pomp, radiance, radiancy, radiation, refulgence, resplendence, richness, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor), splendoare (bravery, brilliance, brilliancy, effulgence, glitter, gorgeousness, grandeur, luxuriance, magnificence, refulgence, resplendence, sheen, splendor), orbitoare (splendor), mãrire (accretion, aggrandizement, amplification, augmentation, authority, development, enlargement, gain, glory, grandeur, increase, magnification, rise, splendor, state, sway), mãreţie (brilliance, brilliancy, elevation, gorgeousness, grandeur, greatness, height, loftiness, magnificence, majesty, mightiness, splendor), luciu (glaze, glitter, glory, gloss, glossiness, luster, lustre, sheen, shine, slippery, splendor), grandoare (grandeur, greatness, splendor). (various references)

Russian 

великолепие (blaze, brilliance, brilliancy, glory, grandeur, lordliness, magnificence, pageantry, pomp, pride, radiance, radiancy, resplendence, resplendency, splendor, splendors). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sjaj (blazon, blazonry, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, eclat, effulgence, gloss, glow, luminosity, luster, lustre, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor), veličanstvo (majesty, splendor), divota (neatness, splendor, stateliness). (various references)

Spanish

pomposidad (magnificence, pomposity, splendor), lujo (fleshpots, lushness, lux, luxe, luxury), fausto (ostentation, splendor), esplendor (bravery, brillance, grandeur, magnificence, splendor). (various references)

Swedish

prakt (array, glitter, glory, grandeur, magnificence, resplendence, show, splendor, state), glans (brightness, brilliancy, burnish, eclat, glare, glaze, glitter, glory, gloss, lambency, lustre, panache, polish, pride, resplendence, sheen, shine, splendor). (various references)

Thai

ความง�"งาม (graciousness, splendor). (various references)

Turkish

parlaklık (brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, effulgence, flamboyance, flame, flashiness, glazing, gleam, glitter, glossiness, gorgeousness, incandescence, irradiance, lambency, liveliness, lucency, luminescence, luminosity, luster, lustre, lustrousness, polish, radiance, resplendence, sheen, shine, sleekness, splendidness, splendor, vividness), ihtişam (array, bravery, brightness, costliness, effulgence, flamboyance, glory, grandeur, grandness, luster, lustre, magnificence, pomp, pride, resplendence, splendor, stateliness, sumptuousness), görkem (array, bravery, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, effulgence, glory, gorgeousness, grandeur, magnificence, majesty, pomp, pomposity, radiance, resplendence, splendidness, splendor, state, stateliness, sumptuousness). (various references)

Ukrainian

велич (dignity, elevation, grandeur, greatness, magnitude, mightiness, nobility, splendor), блиск (blaze, brightness, brilliance, burnish, coruscation, effulgence, glance, irradiation, luster, lustre, oriency, pomp, resplendence, scintillation, shine, sparkle, splendor), пишнота (brilliance, glare, grandeur, lordliness, magnificence, pageantry, panoply, pride, radiance, radiancy, resplendence, splendor). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự rực rỡ (fulgentness, radiance, radiancy, refugence, refugency, resplendence, resplendency, sheen), sự lộng lẫy (resplendence, resplendency, sheen), sự chói lọi (resplendence, resplendency). (various references)

gleomu. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "splendour": splendours. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: plunders, pounders, roundels, splendor, unsolder.

-2 letters: enduros, leprous, loudens, nodules, pelorus, pleuron, plunder, polders, ponders, pounder, presold, resound, respond, rondels, roundel, rundles, slurped, sounder, sporule, spurned, undoers, unposed, unroped.

-3 letters: dopers, dorsel, douser, drones, drupes, dupers, enduro, enrols, ensoul, lodens, loners, lopers, louden, louder, louped, loupen, loupes, loured, loused, nerols, nodule, nurled, nursed.

+1 letter: plunderous, splendours, splendrous, underplots.

+2 letters: ponderously, splendorous.

+4 letters: splendiferous.

+5 letters: polyneuritides, reduplications.