Iridescence is a phenomenon in which the color of an object changes depending on the angle it is seen from or due to a change in light.
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Iridescence
//ˌɪɹ.ɪˈdɛs.əns//
Synonyms for "iridescence" (8 found)
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27 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- блясък noun (Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors)
- преливане на цветове noun (Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors)
Catalan
1 entries- iridescència noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
French
1 entries- iridescence noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
German
3 entries- Irideszenz noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
- Irisieren noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
- Schillern in Regenbogenfarben noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
Italian
1 entries- iridescenza noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
Korean
1 entries- 훈색 noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
Occitan
4 entries- iridescéncia noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
- iridescéncia noun (Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors)
- irizacion noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
- irizacion noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
Polish
2 entries- iryzacja noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
- tęczowanie noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
Portuguese
1 entries- iridescência noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
Russian
1 entries- иризация noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
Spanish
1 entries- iridiscencia noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
Swedish
2 entries- irisering noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
- regnbågsskimmer noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
Tagalog
2 entries- kasilakan noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
- silak noun (The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color)
Volapük
1 entries- kölamufät noun (Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors)
Welsh
1 entries- symudliwiad noun (Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors)
Sample sentences
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The crow's feathers shimmered with black iridescence.
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