chatoyant
chatoyant · more chatoyant · most chatoyant
Having a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a…Having a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk.
US/ʃəˈtɔɪ.ənt/
Meaning
1 sensesHaving a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk.
chatoyant effect
More definitions
- varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
Origin
From French chatoyant, present participle of chatoyer (“to iridesce, like a cat's eye”), fFrom French chatoyant, present participle of chatoyer (“to iridesce, like a cat's eye”), from chat (“cat”, because of the reflective qualities of a cat's eye).
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Forms
more chatoyant, most chatoyant| Comparative | more chatoyant Lesson |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles:changeableiridescentshot
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedchatoyancy
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.