opalescente

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.pa.lɛ.sɑ̃t/ ~ /ɔ.pa.le.sɑ̃t/

Adjective

opalescente

1. feminine singular of opalescent

Galician

Etymology

From ópalo.

Adjective

opalescente m or f (plural opalescentes)

1. opalescent

Italian

Etymology

From opale, modelled on iridescente, lattescente, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.pa.leʃˈʃɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: o‧pa‧le‧scèn‧te

Adjective

opalescente (plural opalescenti)

1. opalescent

   Synonym: iridescente

Related terms

• opalescenza

Further reading

• opalescente in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• opalescente in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• opalescente in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• opalescente in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• opalescente in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• opalescente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

From French opalescent (compare opala).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.pa.leˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.pa.leˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.pa.leˈsẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɔ.pɐ.lɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ/, /ɔ.pɐ.lɨˈʃẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: o‧pa‧les‧cen‧te

Adjective

opalescente m or f (plural opalescentes)

1. opalescent

   Synonym: opalino

Further reading

• “opalescente”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “opalescente”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “opalescente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “opalescente”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “opalescente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “opalescente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From ópalo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /opalesˈθente/ [o.pa.lesˈθẽn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /opaleˈsente/ [o.pa.leˈsẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: o‧pa‧les‧cen‧te

Adjective

opalescente m or f (masculine and feminine plural opalescentes)

1. opalescent

Further reading

• “opalescente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10