opaline

English

Etymology

opal +‎ -ine.

Adjective

opaline (comparative more opaline, superlative most opaline)

1. resembling opal in its iridescence; having a milky white iridescence.

Noun

opaline (countable and uncountable, plural opalines)

1. a clear to white liquid secreted by sea hares (genus Aplysia) that becomes viscous upon contact with water

   The attack on a sea hare by a spiny lobster causes release of the whitish opaline, followed the co-release of both opaline and ink.

2. (mineralogy) any of several minerals resembling opal, including a variety of yellow chalcedony
3. opal glass

Related terms

• opalescent

Translations

resembling opal in its iridescence

• Bulgarian: опалин m (opalin)
• Finnish: opaliini
• Irish: ópalach
• Italian: opalino

Anagrams

• Neapoli

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French opalin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌoː.paːˈli.nə/
• Hyphenation: opa‧li‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

Noun

opaline f (uncountable)

1. opal glass, opaline (type of opaque translucent glass)

   Synonym: opaalglas

Hyponyms

• melkglas

Adjective

opaline (not comparable)

1. opaline, made of opal glass

Inflection

Inflection of opaline
uninflected	opaline
inflected	opaline
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		opaline
indefinite	m./f. sing.	opaline
	n. sing.	opaline
	plural	opaline
definite		opaline
partitive		opalines

Hyponyms

• melkglazen

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French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

opaline

1. feminine singular of opalin

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Italian

Adjective

opaline

1. feminine plural of opalino

Anagrams

• paleino, paoline, pianole