opalescente
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.pa.lɛ.sɑ̃t/ ~ /ɔ.pa.le.sɑ̃t/
Adjective
opalescente
- feminine singular of opalescent
Galician
Etymology
From ópalo.
Adjective
opalescente m or f (plural opalescentes)
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 m or f (plural opalescenti)
- opalescent
- Synonym: iridescente
Related terms
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/
- (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)
- opalescent
- Synonym: opalino
Further reading
- “opalescente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “opalescente”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “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, 2003–2025
- “opalescente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “opalescente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From ópalo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /opalesˈθente/ [o.pa.lesˈθẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /opaleˈsente/ [o.pa.leˈsẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: o‧pa‧les‧cen‧te
Adjective
opalescente m or f (masculine and feminine plural opalescentes)
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], 10 December 2024