cat's eye

See also: catseye and cat's-eye

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

In mineralogy, a calque of French œil de chat.

Noun

Cat's eyes (road markings)

Cat's eyes (marbles)

cat's eye (plural cats' eyes)

(Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, usually in the plural) A retroreflective device placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even at night.
A glass marble with elongated colourful inclusions running through its axis.
A gemstone exhibiting chatoyancy, a.k.a the cat's eye effect.
(mineralogy) cymophane (translucent yellow chatoyant chrysoberyl)

Translations

retroreflective device placed on a road surface

Bulgarian: котешко око n (koteško oko)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 貓眼 (zh) (māoyǎn)
Dutch: kattenoog (nl)
Finnish: tienpintaheijastin
French: œil de chat (fr) m
Galician: ollo de gato m

German: Katzenauge (de) f
Irish: súile cait
Italian: catadiottro m, catarifrangente (it) m
Japanese: チャッターバー (chattā bā)
Portuguese: olho de gato m, tachão (pt) m, tartaruga (pt) f
Russian: катафо́т (ru) m (katafót)
Thai: ตาแมว (dtaa-mɛɛo)

glass marble with elongated inclusions

Chinese:
Mandarin: 貓眼 (zh) (māoyǎn)

Finnish: lasikuula
Russian: please add this translation if you can

cymophane — see cymophane

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