tiger's eye

noun

A chatoyant gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky lustre.

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Meanings

nountiger's eye (plural tiger's eyes)

plural tiger's eyes · alternative tiger's-eye · alternative tiger eye · alternative tigereye

  1. A chatoyant gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky lustre.

    Every one noticed her eyes; the brown iris had golden glints that made them look like gold-stone, or, in softer lights, like that Colorado mineral called tiger-eye.

    1913 June, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter I, in O Pioneers!, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC, part I (The Wild Land), page 11

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
pseudocrocidolite

Translations

Bulgarian тигрово око
  • тигрово око (tigrovo oko)chatoyant gemstone
Chinese Mandarin 虎眼石
  • 虎眼石 (hǔyǎnshí)chatoyant gemstone
Danish tigerøje
  • tigerøjechatoyant gemstone
Finnish tiikerinsilmä
  • tiikerinsilmächatoyant gemstone
French œil-de-tigre
  • œil-de-tigrechatoyant gemstone
German Tigerauge
  • Tigeraugechatoyant gemstone
Hungarian tigrisszem
  • tigrisszemchatoyant gemstone
Italian occhio di tigre
  • occhio di tigrechatoyant gemstone
Polish tygrysie oko
  • tygrysie okochatoyant gemstone
Portuguese olho de tigre
  • olho de tigrechatoyant gemstone
Russian тигро́вый глаз
  • тигро́вый глаз (tigróvyj glaz)chatoyant gemstone
Spanish ojo de tigre
  • ojo de tigrechatoyant gemstone
Cite this entry
APA

tiger's eye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiger's%20eye

MLA

“tiger's eye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiger's%20eye. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tiger's eye,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiger's%20eye.

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