iridescent

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• /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈdɛs.ənt/
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Coined around 1800, from Latin iris, iridis (“rainbow”) + -escent.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: с цветовете на дъгата (s cvetovete na dǎgata) — producing lustrous colors
• Catalan: iridescent — producing lustrous colors
• Czech: měňavý — producing lustrous colors
• Czech: hrající duhovými barvami — producing lustrous colors
• Czech: irizující — producing lustrous colors
• Dutch: iriserend — producing lustrous colors
• Finnish: sateenkaaren väreissä kimalteleva — producing lustrous colors
• Finnish: irisoiva — producing lustrous colors
• French: iridescent — producing lustrous colors
• German: irisierend — producing lustrous colors
• German: schillernd — producing lustrous colors
• Greek: ιριδίζων (iridízon) — producing lustrous colors
• Italian: iridescente — producing lustrous colors
• Japanese: 玉虫色 (tamamushiiro) — producing lustrous colors
• Polish: opalizujący — producing lustrous colors
• Portuguese: iridescente — producing lustrous colors
• Romanian: iridescent — producing lustrous colors
• Russian: перелива́ющийся (perelivájuščijsja) — producing lustrous colors
• Russian: перели́вчатый (perelívčatyj) — producing lustrous colors
• Russian: ра́дужный (rádužnyj) — producing lustrous colors
• Spanish: iridiscente — producing lustrous colors
• Spanish: irisado — producing lustrous colors
• Swedish: regnbågsskimrande — producing lustrous colors
• Swedish: iriserande — producing lustrous colors
• Tagalog: masilak — producing lustrous colors
• Turkish: yanardöner — producing lustrous colors
• Turkish: janjan — producing lustrous colors
• Turkish: alaca — producing lustrous colors
• Welsh: symudliw — producing lustrous colors
• Bulgarian: блестящ (blestjašt) — brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
• Bulgarian: преливащ се (prelivašt se) — brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
• Finnish: kirjava — brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
• French: iridescent — brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
• Greek: ιριδίζων (iridízon) — brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
• Polish: mieniący się barwami — brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
• Slovak: pestrofarebný — brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
• Spanish: iridiscente — brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
• Swedish: lysande — brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
• Swedish: skimrande — brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
• Swedish: iriserande — brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
• Turkish: yanardöner — brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
• Turkish: janjan — brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
• Turkish: alaca — brilliant, lustrous, or colorful