opalesce
UK/əʊpəˈlɛs/US/oʊpəˈlɛs/
opalesce verb: to be opalescent; to produce or show a play of colors, like an opal.
Verb
opalesce (third-person singular simple present opalesces, present participle opalescing, simple past and past participle opalesced)
- To be opalescent; to produce or show a play of colors, like an opal.
opalesce meaning in Bengali
opalesce in Bengali
- ওপাল পাথরের মতো হওয়া
Forms of opalesce
| third-person singular present | opalesces |
|---|---|
| present participle | opalescing |
| past participle | opalesced |
| past | opalesced |
Origin of opalesce
From opal + -esce.
Words that rhyme with opalesce
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- SMS
- success
- compress
- largesse
- ness
- profess
- confess
- distress
- regress
- depress
- excess
- guess
- prepossess
- undress
- CBS
- ingress
- oppress
- redress
- transgress
- assess
- cess
- duress
- fess
- fluoresce
- Hesse
- less
- mayoress
- obsess
- tress
- unless
- yes
- accresce
- acquiesce
- aggress
- BESS
- caress
- clothes press
- congress
- defervesce
- digress
- ess
- foulness
- Hess
- intumesce
- jess
- lazy S
- liquesce
- repress
Questions about opalesce
- What does opalesce mean?
- Opalesce means to be opalescent; to produce or show a play of colors, like an opal.
- What is opalesce in Bengali?
- Opalesce in Bengali is ওপাল পাথরের মতো হওয়া. See Opalesce meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is opalesce?
- Opalesce is a verb.
- How do you pronounce opalesce?
- Opalesce is pronounced /əʊpəˈlɛs/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of opalesce?
- The past tense of opalesce is opalesced.
Words near opalesce in the dictionary
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