iridescence

English

Noun

iridescence (countable and uncountable, plural iridescences)

The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color.
Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors.

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The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color

Catalan: iridescència f
French: iridescence (fr) f
German: Iridisieren n
Italian: iridescenza (it) f
Occitan: iridescéncia f, irizacion f, mirgalhadura, irizacion f

Russian: иризация (ru) f (irizacija)
Spanish: iridiscencia f
Swedish: regnbågsskimmer n
Tagalog: silak, kasilakan

Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors

Occitan: iridescéncia, mirgalhadura, mirgalhadís

Volapük: kölamufät

References

iridescence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
iridescence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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