From en.wiktionary.org:
[Emerald]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Etymology
From [en], borrowed from [en], from [en], [la], [la], variant of [en], from
[en], [grc], from a [en] language. Compare [he], [akk], [ar],
[egy]:<hiero>D58-Z7-Z4:D21-N29-Z1-G1-D6</hiero> and loanwords with Semitic
etymon such as [sa].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. [en] Any of various green gemstone s, especially a green transparent form of beryl , highly valued as a precious stone.
2. * {{ quote-journal | 1=en | date=2012-03
|author=Lee A. Groat|title=Gemstones |volume=100|issue=2|page=128
|magazine=w:American Scientist
|url=http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2012/2/gemstones
|passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best
known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, EMERALD and other gem
forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.
|accessdate=17 May
2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614165157/http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2012/2/gemstones|archivedate=14
June 2012 }}
1. Emerald green , a colour.
2. [en] [vert] , when blazon ing by precious stones.
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1726 | author=John Guillim | title=The Banner Display'd | page=504
|passage=16. As the first. _Crest_, on a Mount EMERALD, a Falcon rising
Topaz.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1754 | author=John Lodge | title=The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the ... | page=212
|passage=_Crest_. On a Wreath, a demi Dragon, EMERALD, armed and langued,
Roby [...] _Supporters_. Two Dragons reguardant, EMERALD, [...]}}
1. * {{ RQ:Melville Omoo
|passage=Some of the lagoons, said to have subterranean outlets, have no
visible ones; the inclosing island, in such cases, being a complete zone of
EMERALD.}}
1. Any hummingbird in the genera [Chlorostilbon] and _Elvira_ ; and some in the genus [Amazilia]
2. [en] Any of various species of dragonfly of the family [Corduliidae] .
3. [en] A size of type between nonpareil and minion , standardize d as 6½- point .
**** Synonyms
- [gemstone] [en] [obsolete]
- [type size] [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|fluoroemerald |Emerald |emerald ash borer |Emerald City |emerald
cockroach wasp |emerald cut |emerald green |emeraldine |Emerald Isle
|emeraldlike|African emerald cuckoo|Asian emerald cuckoo|Brazilian
emerald|emerald cuckoo|Uralian emerald |emerald tree boa |emerald wasp|Amazon
Basin emerald tree boa|emerald palm |gemerald|giant emerald pill millipede
|lithia emerald |emerald copper|emerald green snail|emerald parakeet|emerald
vine}}
**** Descendants
- [ja] [エメラルド]
- [ko]
- [cy]
**** Translations
[gemstone]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Aghul: [agx]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Aragonese: [an]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: [aii]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Avar: [av]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Balinese: [ban] , [ban]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bengali: [bn] , [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Chinese:
- Crimean Tatar: [crh]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dargwa: [dar]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur] , [fur]
- Gagauz: [gag]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Javanese: [jv] , [jv] , [jv]
- Kalmyk: [xal]
- Karakalpak: [kaa]
- Kashubian: [csb]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kumyk: [kum]
- Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky]
- Ladin: [lld]
- Lak: [lbe]
- Lao: [lo] , [lo] , [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lezgi: [lez]
- Ligurian: [lij]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Lombard: [lmo]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms] , [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maori: [mi]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Nahuatl: [nah] , [nah]
- Nogai: [nog]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Persian: [fa]
- Piedmontese: [pms]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romagnol: [rgn]
- Romani:
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro] , [ro]
- Romansch: [rm]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [dated]
- Rutul: [rut]
- Sanskrit: [sa] , [sa]
- Sicilian: [scn] , [Italian borrowing] [scn]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Telugu: [te] , [te]
- Thai: [th]
- Tibetan: [bo] , [bo]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur] , [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Venetan: [vec]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy] , [cy]
- Yiddish: [yi] , [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[colour]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Sicilian: [scn] , [Italian borrowing] [scn]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
*** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. Of a rich green colour.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1813 | author=w:Lord Byron | title= Basa Sunda: The Giaour (Byron)
|passage=The insect-queen of eastern spring, / O'er EMERALD meadows of
Kashmeer / Invites the young pursuer near, / And leads him on from flower to
flower / A weary chase and wasted hour.}}
**** Translations
[of a rich green colour]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To ornament with, or as if with, emeralds; to make green .
*** Related terms
- [en]
- [en]
*** See also
- [en]
*** Further reading
- [R:WebMineral]
- [R:mindat]
[en] [en]