fishscale texture

6.8

A surface pattern of overlapping small curved shapes like fish scales

noun

: textura de escamas de pez

The tiles in the bathroom had a fishscale texture that shimmered in the light.

Examples

The artist used a metallic paint to highlight the fishscale texture on the statue.
Many luxury cars feature interior panels with a distinctive fishscale texture for added elegance.
The dress features a beautiful fishscale texture.
Many designers prefer fishscale textures for their unique look.
The tiles in the bathroom had a fishscale texture that shimmered in the light.
Many luxury cars feature interior panels with a distinctive fishscale texture for added elegance.
The artist used a metallic paint to highlight the fishscale texture on the statue.

How Scaly

fishscale texture

6.8

textured

13 4.1

smooth

1 5.8

Surface Forms

fishscale texture singular

fishscale textures plural

Morphology

fishscale + texture

Although 'fishscale' is not listed in the dictionary entry, the phrase transparently combines the idea of fish + scale with 'texture' (surface quality) to yield 'a surface pattern resembling overlapping fish scales.' This is a straightforward noun-compound + noun construction found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Fishscale texture comes from the simple picture of fish scales lying over each other like small roof tiles, creating a layered, slightly shiny surface. That's why it means 'a surface pattern that looks like fish scales'.