translucent
adjective /trænzˈluː.sənt/
/træns-/ often approvingDefinition
› If an object or a substance is translucent, it is almost transparent, allowing some light through it in an attractive way: translucent plastic/glass This china is so fine and delicate that it's translucent. Delia's skin has a translucent quality. → Compare opaque, transparentTransparent translucence /-səns/ noun [U] Transparent
(Definition of translucent adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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