🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

iridescência

Pronunciation / Transliteration: iridescência

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Iridescence/ˌɪr.ɪˈdes.əns/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A iridescência da pérola dava-lhe um brilho único."

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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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