🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

무지개 빛깔

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mujigae bitkkal

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Iridescence/ˌɪr.ɪˈdes.əns/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"비누 품의 무지개 빛깔이 아름다웠다."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Lustrous colors shifting in hue when seen from different angles, typically produced by structural coloration on fine surfaces.

    "The oil slick on the puddle displayed a stunning iridescence in the sunlight."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the 18th century from the Latin iris (rainbow) + -escence (denoting a process or state), influenced by the Greek 'iris'.

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