kaleidoscope

Etymology
The is derived from  +  + English,  (1781–1868) in his 1817 patent for the invention: see the quotation.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1) An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can be seen.
 * 2)  A constantly changing series of colours or other things.
 * 1)  A constantly changing series of colours or other things.
 * 1)  A constantly changing series of colours or other things.
 * 1)  A constantly changing series of colours or other things.

Translations

 * Arabic: مِشْكَال
 * Armenian: ,
 * Burmese: ကလိုင်ဒိုစကုပ်
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 萬花筒
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, krasohled
 * Danish: kaleidoskop
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kalejdoskopo
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: calidoscopium
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: kaledoskopyo
 * Thai: กล้องสลับลาย
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: kaleýdoskop
 * Vietnamese: kính vạn hoa (鏡萬華)
 * Volapük:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: kaleidoskop
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To move in shifting (and often attractive or colourful) patterns.