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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FLAVESCENT

From Latin flāvēscere to become yellow, from flāvēre to be yellow, from flāvus yellow.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FLAVESCENT

flavescent  [fləˈvɛsənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLAVESCENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flavescent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FLAVESCENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of flavescent in the English dictionary

The definition of flavescent in the dictionary is turning yellow; yellowish.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLAVESCENT


acquiescent
ˌækwiˈɛsənt
adolescent
ˌædəˈlɛsənt
antidepressant
ˌæntɪdɪˈprɛsənt
crescent
ˈkrɛsənt
depressant
dɪˈprɛsənt
effervescent
ˌɛfəˈvɛsənt
fervescent
fɜːˈvɛsənt
fluorescent
ˌflʊəˈrɛsənt
incandescent
ˌɪnkænˈdɛsənt
incessant
ɪnˈsɛsənt
ingravescent
ˌɪnɡrəˈvɛsənt
iridescent
ˌɪrɪˈdɛsənt
obsolescent
ˌɒbsəˈlɛsənt
pearlescent
pɜːˈlɛsənt
phosphorescent
ˌfɒsfəˈrɛsənt
prepubescent
ˌpriːpjuːˈbɛsənt
quiescent
kwɪˈɛsənt
senescent
sɪˈnɛsənt
suppressant
səˈprɛsənt
tumescent
tjuːˈmɛsənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLAVESCENT

flavanol
flavanone
flavin
flavine
flavivirus
flavone
flavonoid
flavonol
flavoprotein
flavopurpurin
flavor
flavorer
flavorful
flavorfully
flavorist
flavorous
flavory
flavour
flavour enhancer
flavour of the month

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLAVESCENT

ascent
chemiluminescent
coalescent
convalescent
decrescent
descent
evanescent
Fertile Crescent
florescent
intumescent
line of descent
luminescent
nascent
opalescent
photoluminescent
preadolescent
recent
Red Crescent
reminiscent
scent
the crescent

Synonyms and antonyms of flavescent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flavescent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLAVESCENT

Find out the translation of flavescent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flavescent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flavescent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

flavescent
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flavescent
570 millions of speakers

English

flavescent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

flavescent
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مصفر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

flavescent
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flavescente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হলদেটে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flavescent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Floraen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

flavescent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

flavescent
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

flavescent
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flora
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

flavescent
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flavescent
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्ल्वेंसेन्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sarımtırak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flavescent
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

flavescent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

flavescent
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flavescent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flavescent
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flavescent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flavescent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flavescent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flavescent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLAVESCENT»

The term «flavescent» is normally little used and occupies the 142.386 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLAVESCENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flavescent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flavescent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flavescent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLAVESCENT»

Discover the use of flavescent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flavescent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Collected papers
British Guiana, Demerara; ? Georgetown. remarks. Differs from the preceding by the lack of calloused, flavescent humeri, much finer, denser, more uniform puncturation, differently proportioned pygofer, and aedeagus. Patronatus f lavicrus new ...
Herbert Ruckes, 1919
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Rhynchota: Homoptera and Appendix (pt.). 1908
apical edge entirely or nearly so, glossy, flavescent, sometimes tinted with brownish ; in the anterior depressions of the basal gibbosities the scutellum is black, therefore on the median line (at the point of contact and fusion of two spiniform ...
William Lucas Distant, 1908
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Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society
Male : Head and antennae rufescent, the surface of the clypeus and head with the exception of the horns or aculeate parts is covered with a whitish flavescent coating, and sparsely punctate and pubescent ; prothorax black or fuscous black  ...
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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
(J. Elongate, sordid flavescent, obscurely spotted : frons tricarinate the median ridge distinct, continued through, the lateral ridges obsolete, two spots in the middle and four spots on the scutellum, black-fuscous : tegmina elongate, subparallel, ...
Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), 1887
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Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die ...
... slightly flavescent on the vertex, deeply punctate and having a very plain longitudinal median smooth line in the centre ; prothorax of the normal shape, clothed partly with flavescent and partly with black hairs, carinulate longitudinally from ...
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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
Var. o, — Above greyish, beneath entirely flavescent : antennae and feet somewhat testaceous (<-?. angustatus, Fabr.). Virescent; antennae obscurely flavescent, last joint white at base : beneath flavescent immaculate: abdomen above rufous ...
Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1888
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Indian Museum Notes
Assam. Var. a. — Above greyish, beneath entirely flavescent : antennae and feet somewhat testaceous (0. angmtatni, Fabr.). Yirescent ; antennae obscurely flavescent, last joint white at base : beneath flavescent, immaculate : abdomen above ...
Indian Museum, 1891
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Annals of the South African Museum
Bronze-black on the upper side ; elytra opaque and having in both sexes two sub -basal and two supra-apical, flavescent, elongated patches ; the seven apical joints of the antennae are sub-flavescent, the others fuscous, palpi flavescent, ...
South African Museum, 1905
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Proceedings
Var. a, — Above greyish, beneath entirely flavescent : antennae and feet somewhat testaceous ((?. angustatus, Fabr.). Virescent; antennae obscurely flavescent, last joint white at base : beneath flavescent immaculate: abdomen above rufous ...
10
Birds of Peru: Revised and Updated Edition
Found in under- and midstory of humid forest; does not associate with mixed- species flocks. Generally at lower elevations (1100–1400 m) than similar Flavescent Flycatcher. Compared to Flavescent, is duller green (more olive, less yellowish), ...
Thomas S. Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz, Daniel F. Lane, 2010

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLAVESCENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flavescent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why are my plants turning yellow?
If your vegetable garden has gone from verdant to flavescent, it could be a sign of health issues like too much water or too few nutrients. A new ... «Mother Nature Network, Jun 15»
2
I'll always remember LA and taco trucks: Points on the curve
The flavescent curls floated down to the pork below where they became a sizzling dance of culinary delight. “I'll take two,” I said with authority. «Kingstree News, Jun 15»
3
Penkava: The saga of the planta non grata
One can just picture the spacious lawn of Monticello teeming with an explosion of flavescent florae dancing in the wind to the tune of Yankee ... «Northwest Herald, May 15»
4
Romance in France: Sex, Champagne and je t'aime
We French love to boast about our culture. We are obsessed with complicated words too (here are a few that you can use: gabegie, flavescent, ... «The Local.fr, Feb 15»
5
The Minions Meet Scarlett Overkill in TRAILER #2
Together, with her husband Herb Overkill (Jon Hamm), this might be the one villain that our flavescent friends have been searching for! «Fanlala, Feb 15»
6
Brazil wildlife holidays: in search of the Big Five
Flavescent warbler. Burrowing owl… When to go. The dry season, when road access is best and visibility conducive to watching wildlife, is from ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 14»
7
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From the blouse she had on at work that looked like it was pulled from the Big Love costume department to the flavescent frock she wore to the ... «TV Fanatic, Oct 11»
8
The good son
An old lady's piano has “a rictus of flavescent teeth”; Cave makes her furniture match her face, though the adjective could easily have been the less abstruse ... «The Monthly, Aug 09»

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