Synonyms & related words for chatoyance

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of chatoyance. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to chatoyance

Explore words related to chatoyance — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include chatoyancy, chatoyant, cymophane, iridescence, pleochroism, chrysoberyl, iridescent, iridescently. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does chatoyance come from?

The word chatoyance breaks down into 3 roots of French and Latin origin: chat, from French chat (“cat”); oy, from French oeil (“eye”); and -ance, from Latin -antia (“quality, state”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.