cymophane

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῡμ- (kūm-), the short stem of κῦμα (kûma, “wave”) + -φανης (-phanēs, “-showing”).

Fine-color cymophane with a sharp and centered eye

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌɪ.mə(ʊ)ˌfeɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.məˌfeɪn/

Noun

cymophane (countable and uncountable, plural cymophanes)

1. (mineralogy) A translucent yellowish chatoyant chrysoberyl.

Synonyms

• cat's eye

Derived terms

• cymophanous

Translations

gemstone mineral

• Czech: kočičí oko (cs)
• Finnish: kymofaani
• French: cymophane (fr) f
• Hindi: विदूर (hi) m (vidūr), लहसुनिया (hi) m (lahsuniyā), वैडूर्य (hi) m (vaiḍūrya), वैदूर्य (hi) m (vaidūrya), बैदूर्य (hi) m (baidūrya)
• Hungarian: cimofán
• Japanese: 猫目石 (ネコムイシ, nekome ishi)
• Malayalam: വൈഡൂര്യം (ml) (vaiḍūryaṁ)
• Portuguese: cimófano m
• Russian: коша́чий глаз (ru) m (košáčij glaz), цимофа́н m (cimofán)
• Spanish: cimofana f
• Swedish: kattöga (sv) n

French

Noun

cymophane f (plural cymophanes)

1. (mineralogy) cymophane

Further reading

• “cymophane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.