transluce

Meaning

Verb

To shine (light) through, and thus make (the thing which is shined through) translucent.
To be translucent or transparent, to allow light to shine through.

Origin

As if from Latin trānslūceō ("shine through; be translucent"), but perhaps back-formed from translucent (ultimately from the same Latin verb).

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