vibrancy


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vi·brant

 (vī′brənt)
adj.
1.
a. Pulsing or throbbing with energy or activity: the vibrant streets of a big city.
b. Vigorous, lively, and vital: "a vibrant group that challenged the ... system" (Philip Taubman).
2. Exhibiting or characterized by rapid, rhythmic movement back and forth or to and fro; vibrating.
3. Produced as a result of vibration; resonant or resounding: vibrant voices.
4. Relatively high on the scale of brightness: a vibrant hue.
vi′bran·cy, vi′brance n.
vi′brant·ly adv.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.vibrancy - having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
plangency, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, ringing, resonance
timbre, tone, quality, timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
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Translations

vibrancy

[ˈvaɪbrənsɪ] N [of colour] → viveza f; [of person] → dinamismo m, vitalidad f; [of voice] → sonoridad f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

vibrancy

[ˈvaɪbrənsi] n [person] → vitalité f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

vibrancy

n (of personality) → Dynamik f; (of voice) → voller Klang, Sonorität f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

vibrancy

[ˈvaɪbrənsɪ] n → vitalità
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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