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chatoyancy

English

Etymology

chatoyant +? -cy

Noun

chatoyancy (countable and uncountable, plural chatoyancies)

  1. The state or condition of being chatoyant.

Synonyms

  • chatoyance

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chatoyant

English

Etymology

From 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).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /???t???nt/

Adjective

chatoyant (comparative more chatoyant, superlative most chatoyant)

  1. (jewelry) Having a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk.

Related terms

  • chatoyancy

Noun

chatoyant (plural chatoyants)

  1. (mineralogy) A hard stone, such as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wavy light.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?a.twa.j??/

Verb

chatoyant

  1. present participle of chatoyer

Adjective

chatoyant (feminine singular chatoyante, masculine plural chatoyants, feminine plural chatoyantes)

  1. shimmering, iridescent

Further reading

  • “chatoyant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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