candescent

1. 1.

   glowing from great heat

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Questions about candescent

What does candescent mean?

candescent means "glowing from great heat".

How many syllables are in candescent?

candescent has 3 syllables and divides as can-de-scent under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is candescent a common word?

candescent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.