chatoyant

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), present participle of chatoyer (“to iridesce, like a cat's eye”), from chat (“cat”, because of the reflective qualities of a cat's eye).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈtɔɪ.ənt/

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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.

   chatoyant effect

   • 2013, Gail Ritchey, Artful Polymer Clay: Techniques for Stylish Jewelry and Decor, Kalmbach Books, →ISBN, page 71:

     Cover a tin using two or more colors of chatoyant clay separated by black strips.

• chatoyancy

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.

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.twa.jɑ̃/

chatoyant

1. present participle of chatoyer

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

1. shimmering, iridescent

• “chatoyant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.