reflet

American  

[ruh-fley] / rəˈfleɪ /

noun

1. an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.

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reflet British  

/ rəˈfleɪ /

noun

1. an iridescent glow or lustre, as on ceramic ware

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Etymology

Origin of reflet

1860–65; < French, earlier reflès < Italian riflesso reflection; reflex

Example Sentences

Red Reflet Ranch, a 27,000-acre luxury ranch at the base of Wyoming’s Big Horn Mountains, is offering 25 percent off its all-inclusive rates through May.

From Washington Post

That less can sometimes be more was brought home by the London premiere of one of its companion pieces, Reflet d'un Temps Disparu, by Qigang Chen, Shanghai-born, now resident in Paris and a pupil of Messiaen.

From The Guardian

At Le Reflet, a cafe-bar at the heart of Paris's Left Bank and a stone's throw from the Sorbonne, successive generations of students have witnessed recurrent new dawns of the French left, many of them false.

From The Guardian

Reflet, re-flā′, n. iridescent glaze, as on pottery: ware possessing this property.

From Project Gutenberg

De Shakespeare et de Goethe il dore l'aur�ole; Sa voix a rehauss� l'�clat de leur parole, Leur œvre de sa flamme a gard� le reflet.

From Project Gutenberg