translucent
adjective/trænzˈluːsnt/
/trænzˈluːsnt/
(formal)- allowing light to pass through but not completely clear
- The sky was a pale translucent blue.
- His skin was translucent with age.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTranslucent is used with these nouns:- skin
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the Latin sense): from Latin translucent- ‘shining through’, from the verb translucere, from trans- ‘through’ + lucere ‘to shine’.
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