iridescent

Coined around 1800, from Latin iris, iridis (“rainbow”) +‎ -escent.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈdɛs.ənt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

iridescent (comparative more iridescent, superlative most iridescent)

1. (not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
2. Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.

• luminescent
• fluorescent

• cretinised, indiscreet, indiscrete

From Latin iris, iridis (“rainbow”) +‎ -escent.

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁi.dɛ.sɑ̃/

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iridescent (feminine iridescente, masculine plural iridescents, feminine plural iridescentes)

1. iridescent

• iridescence

• “iridescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• indirectes, indiscrète

Borrowed from French iridescent.

iridescent m or n (feminine singular iridescentă, masculine plural iridescenți, feminine and neuter plural iridescente)

1. iridescent

• iridescent in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN