iridescence

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈdɛs.əns/
• Rhymes: -ɛsəns

Noun

iridescence (countable and uncountable, plural iridescences)

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

Related terms

• iridescent
• iridescently
• iridesce

Translations

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
• Korean: 훈색(暈色) (hunsaek)
• Occitan: iridescéncia f, irizacion f, mirgalhadura, irizacion f
• Polish: iryzacja (pl) f, tęczowanie n
• Russian: иризация (ru) f (irizacija)
• Spanish: iridiscencia f
• Swedish: regnbågsskimmer n, irisering c
• Tagalog: silak, kasilakan

Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors

• Bulgarian: блясък (bg) m (bljasǎk), преливане на цветове (prelivane na cvetove)
• Occitan: iridescéncia, mirgalhadura, mirgalhadís
• Volapük: kölamufät
• Welsh: symudliwiad m

See also

• luminescence
• fluorescence

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “iridescence”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “iridescence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.