reflet

[ ruh-fley ]

noun

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

reflet

/ rəˈfleɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of reflet¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of reflet¹

C19: from French: a reflection, from Italian riflesso , from Latin reflexus , from reflectere to reflect

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

It is unaccountable, but it is certain that the secret of producing the higher types of beauty in various arts, especially the Keramic, died out more than one hundred and fifty years ago, and that there are no circumstances of that date to account for its decease, except that it is recorded that when the Afghan conqueror Mahmoud destroyed Isfahan he massacred the designers of reflêt tiles and other Keramic beauties, because they had created works which gave great umbrage to the Sunni sect to which he belonged.

From Project Gutenberg

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