translucent
letting light through but not fully clear
Roots
Other words with the luc / lum root
- elucidate: to make clear
- illuminate: to light up or make clear
- illumination: light; clarification or understanding
- lucid: clear and easy to understand
- luminous: giving off light; bright
- pellucid: very clear; allowing light through
Translucent is light passing through, but softly: not opaque, not perfectly clear.
The translucent glass softened the sunlight across the desk.
Translucent is not the same as transparent. Light gets through, but the shape behind it is blurred. That half-clear feeling is the word.