Meanings
adjectiveiridescent (comparative more iridescent, superlative most iridescent)
comparative more iridescent · superlative most iridescent
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivevarying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
adjectivehaving a play of lustrous rainbow colors
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Coined around 1800, from Latin iris, iridis (“rainbow”) + -escent.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian с цветовете на дъгата, блестящ
- с цветовете на дъгата (s cvetovete na dăgata)producing lustrous colors
- блестящ (blestjašt)brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
- преливащ се (prelivašt se)brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
Catalan iridescent
- iridescentproducing lustrous colors
Czech měňavý, hrající duhovými barvami
- měňavýproducing lustrous colors
- hrající duhovými barvamiproducing lustrous colors
- irizujícíproducing lustrous colors
Dutch iriserend
- iriserendproducing lustrous colors
Finnish sateenkaaren väreissä kimalteleva, irisoiva
- sateenkaaren väreissä kimaltelevaproducing lustrous colors
- irisoivaproducing lustrous colors
- kirjavabrilliant, lustrous, or colorful
French iridescent, iridescent
- iridescentproducing lustrous colors
- iridescentbrilliant, lustrous, or colorful
German irisierend, schillernd
- irisierendproducing lustrous colors
- schillerndproducing lustrous colors
Greek ιριδίζων, ιριδίζων
- ιριδίζων (iridízon)producing lustrous colors
- ιριδίζων (iridízon)brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
Italian iridescente
- iridescenteproducing lustrous colors
Japanese 玉虫色
- 玉虫色 (tamamushiiro)producing lustrous colors
Māori ūiraira
- ūirairaproducing lustrous colors
Polish opalizujący, mieniący się barwami
- opalizującyproducing lustrous colors
- mieniący się barwamibrilliant, lustrous, or colorful
Portuguese iridescente
- iridescenteproducing lustrous colors
Romanian iridescent
- iridescentproducing lustrous colors
Russian перелива́ющийся, перели́вчатый
- перелива́ющийся (perelivájuščijsja)producing lustrous colors
- перели́вчатый (perelívčatyj)producing lustrous colors
- ра́дужный (rádužnyj)producing lustrous colors
Slovak pestrofarebný
- pestrofarebnýbrilliant, lustrous, or colorful
Spanish iridiscente, irisado
- iridiscenteproducing lustrous colors
- irisadoproducing lustrous colors
- iridiscentebrilliant, lustrous, or colorful
Swedish regnbågsskimrande, iriserande
- regnbågsskimrandeproducing lustrous colors
- iriserandeproducing lustrous colors
- lysandebrilliant, lustrous, or colorful
- skimrandebrilliant, lustrous, or colorful
- iriserandebrilliant, lustrous, or colorful
Tagalog masilak
- masilakproducing lustrous colors
Turkish yanardöner, janjan
- yanardönerproducing lustrous colors
- janjanproducing lustrous colors
- alacaproducing lustrous colors
- yanardönerbrilliant, lustrous, or colorful
- janjanbrilliant, lustrous, or colorful
- alacabrilliant, lustrous, or colorful
Welsh symudliw
- symudliwproducing lustrous colors
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with iridescent
crescentfluorescentantidepressantincandescentconvalescentsuppressantincessantluminescentquiescentpubescentdepressanteffervescentopalescentpearlescentflorescentevanescentelectroluminescenttumescentphosphorescentessentprepubescentsenescentobsolescentchemiluminescent
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Cite this entry
APA
iridescent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iridescent
MLA
“iridescent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iridescent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “iridescent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iridescent.
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