opaline

From opal + -ine.

opaline (comparative more opaline, superlative most opaline)

1. Resembling opal in having a milky white iridescence.

   Synonyms: opalesque, opalish

   • 2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 134:

     She was so alive that night, opaline points in her eyes, mouth parted to bare her teeth.

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. Synonym of opal glass.

• opalescent

• Neapoli

Borrowed from French opalin.

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

opaline f (uncountable, no diminutive)

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

   Synonym: opaalglas

• melkglas

opaline (not comparable)

1. opaline, made of opal glass

• melkglazen

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.pa.lin/

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opaline

1. feminine singular of opalin

opaline

1. feminine plural of opalino

• paleino, paoline, pianole