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cat's eye en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

An allusion to the way a cat's eyes will appear to glow when illuminated in the dark. In mineralogy, a calque of French œil de chat.

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, countable, especially, plural-normally) A retroreflective device placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even at night.
2. (countable) A glass marble with elongated colourful inclusions running through its axis.
3. (countable, uncountable) A gemstone exhibiting chatoyancy.
4. (countable, uncountable) Cymophane (translucent yellow chatoyant chrysoberyl).
5. (New-Zealand, countable) A sea snail, Lunella smaragda
6. (countable, uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, eye.; the eye of a cat.

Forms

Synonyms

cat-eye

Translations (27)

sv kattöga (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · fi tienpintaheijastin (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · ms pemantul cahaya (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · it catarifrangente (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · cmn 貓眼 /猫眼 (glass marble with elongated inclusions) · pt tachão (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · th ตาแมว (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · fr œil de chat (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · pt tartaruga (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · ru коша́чий глаз (glass marble with elongated inclusions) · ja チャッターバー (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · cy llygad cath (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · cs Kočičí oko (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · pt olho de gato (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · cmn 貓眼 /猫眼 (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · gl ollo de gato (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · it catadiottro (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · ga súile cait (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · pl kocie oczko (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · nl kattenoog (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · ta பூனைக்கண் (glass marble with elongated inclusions) · de Katzenauge (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · bg котешко око (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · ru катафо́т (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) · fi lasikuula (glass marble with elongated inclusions) · ta பூனைக்கண்கல் (glass marble with elongated inclusions) · ta பூனைக்கண்வைடூரியம் (glass marble with elongated inclusions)