caleidoscoop

Signification (Anglais)

kaleidoscope

Concepts

kaléidoscope

Traductions

Kaleidoskop

kaleidoscope

caleidoscopio

calidoscopium

caleidoscópio

calidoscopi

καλειδοσκόπιο

caleidoscopio

Schallplattensalat

kaleydoskop

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kaː.lɛi̯.doːˈskoːp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Emprunté à anglais: kaleidoscope

In summary

Borrowed from English kaleidoscope, from Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “shape”) (compare -oid) + -scope. Coined 1817, by David Brewster, its inventor.
Figurative sense of “constantly changing pattern” attested 1819 by Lord Byron, who had received a kaleidoscope from his publisher.