How to pronounce chatoyant

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What chatoyant means

adjective

Shining with a band of light that moves, like a cat's eye

In a sentence: The polished stone had a chatoyant glow that slid across it when she tilted it.

Where it comes from: It comes from the French chatoyer, to shimmer like a cat's eye, from chat, cat.

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