iridescent

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1 English
2 French
- 2.1 Adjective
- 2.2 Anagrams

[edit] English

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Iridescence

[edit] Etymology

C 1800, from Latin iris (“rainbow”) + -escent

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ɪ.ɹɪˈdɛs.ənt/, SAMPA: /I.r\I"dEs.@nt/

[edit] Adjective

iridescent (comparative more iridescent, superlative most iridescent)

(not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.

[edit] Translations

Producing lustrous colors

Finnish: sateenkaaren väreissä kimalteleva, kirjava (fi)
German: irisierend (de), schillernd (de)

Italian: iridescente (it)
Swedish: regnbågsskimrande

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Anagrams

cretinised, indiscreet, indiscrete

[edit] French

[edit] Adjective

iridescent m. (f. iridescente, m. plural iridescents, f. plural iridescentes)

Iridescent.

[edit] Anagrams

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