kaleidoscope

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can be seen.
2. (figuratively) A constantly changing series of colours or other things.
3. (collective) A swarm of butterflies.

Verb

To move in shifting (and often attractive or colourful) patterns.

Concepts

kaléidoscope

caléidoscope

Synonymes

binoculars

microscope

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prism

spectrometer

stereoscope

peep show

picture peep-show

Traductions

caleidoscopio

caleidoscopio

Kaleidoskop

caleidoscópio

καλειδοσκόπιο

calidoscopi

caleidoscoop

calidoscopium

calidoscopio

kaleydoskop

kaleidoscoop

مشكال

kaleidoskop

المشكال

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kəˈlaɪ.dəˌskəʊp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

The noun is derived from Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful, lovely”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image, shape”) + English -scope (suffix denoting an instrument used for examination or viewing), coined by the British scientist David Brewster (1781–1868) in his 1817 patent for the invention: see the quotation.
The verb is derived from the noun.