English-Thai Dictionary

diaphanous

ADJ โปร่ง  บาง  และ เนื้อ ดี (ผ้า  clear crystalline limpid opaque nontranslucent prong-bang-lea-nuea-dee

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIAPHANOUS

a.[See supra. ] Having power to transmit rays of light, as glass; pellucid; transparent; clear.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DIAPHANOUS

Di *aph "a *nous, a. Etym: [Gr. diaphane. See Phantom, and cf. Diaphane, Diaphanic. ]

 

Defn: Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear. Another cloud in the region of them, light enough to be fantastic and diaphanous. Landor.

 

DIAPHANOUSLY

DIAPHANOUSLY Di *aph "a *nous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Translucently.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

diaphanous

di aph a nous |dīˈafənəs daɪˈæfənəs | ▶adjective (esp. of fabric ) light, delicate, and translucent: a diaphanous dress of pale gold. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanēs, from dia ‘through ’ + phainein ‘to show. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

diaphanous

diaphanous |dʌɪˈaf (ə )nəs | ▶adjective (especially of fabric ) light, delicate, and translucent: a diaphanous dress of pale gold. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanēs, from dia ‘through ’ + phainein ‘to show ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

diaphanous

diaphanous adjective a diaphanous dress: sheer, fine, delicate, light, thin, insubstantial, floaty, flimsy, filmy, silken, chiffony, gossamer, gossamer-thin, gauzy; translucent, transparent, see-through. ANTONYMS thick, opaque. WORD TOOLKIT

diaphanous	transparent	translucent
gown	plastic	skin
veil	wall	paper
wings	crystals	powder
fabric	tape	resin

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Oxford Thesaurus

diaphanous

diaphanous adjective she wore a diaphanous dress of pale gold: sheer, fine, ultra-fine, delicate, light, lightweight, thin, insubstantial, floaty, flimsy, filmy, silken, chiffony, gossamer, gossamery, gossamer-thin, gossamer-like, gauzy, gauzelike, cobwebby, feathery; translucent, transparent, see-through; rare transpicuous, translucid. ANTONYMS thick; opaque. WORD TOOLKIT

diaphanous	transparent	translucent
gown	plastic	skin
veil	wall	paper
wings	crystals	powder
fabric	tape	resin

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Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

diaphanous

di aph a nous /daɪǽf (ə )nəs /形容詞 ｟文 ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 非常に薄くて透けて見える 〈布など 〉(transparent ); 澄み切っている 〈水など 〉.2 実体のつかめない, おぼろげな ; つかみどころがない .