different between carbuncle vs garnet

English

Etymology

From Middle English carbuncle, charbocle, from Old French carbuncle, charbuncle, from Latin carbunculus (“a small coal; a reddish kind of precious stone; a kind of tumor”), diminutive of carb? (“a coal, charcoal”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.b??.kl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???b??.kl?/

Noun

carbuncle (plural carbuncles)

1. (archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
   1. (heraldry) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
2. (pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
3. An unpopular or ugly building; an eyesore.

Related terms

• carbon

Translations

References

• “carbuncle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “carbuncle”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

See also

• ruby

Middle English

Alternative forms

• carboncle, carbuncul, charbocle, charbokel, charbouncle, charbucle, charbukel, charbuncle, charbunkel

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French carbuncle, charbuncle, itself borrowed from Latin carbunculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?karbunk?l/, /?karbuk?l/, /?t?-/

Noun

carbuncle (plural carbuncles)

1. A carbuncle (garnet or other precious stone)
   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Tale of Sir Thopas: 179-81.

     His sheeld was al of gold so reed,

     And ther-inne was a bores heed,

     A charbocle bisyde;

2. Material similar to carbuncle.
3. (pathology) A carbuncle; a large abscess.

Descendants

• English: carbuncle

References

• “carbuncle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

• charbuncle

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carbunculus.

Noun

carbuncle m (oblique plural carbuncles, nominative singular carbuncles, nominative plural carbuncle)

1. carbuncle (deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone)

Descendants

• ? Middle English: carbuncle

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????(?).n?t/

Etymology 1

From Middle English gernet, granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”). Doublet of grenade.

Noun

garnet (countable and uncountable, plural garnets)

1. (mineralogy) A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
2. A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.

Derived terms

Related terms

• grenade
• pomegranate

Translations

See also

Adjective

garnet

1. Of a dark red colour.

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

Etymology 2

Noun

garnet (plural garnets)

1. (nautical) A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out.

Etymology 3

Verb

garnet (third-person singular simple present garnets, present participle garneting, simple past and past participle garneted)

1. (transitive) To shred (twisted wool fiber, rags, etc.) so that it can be reused.

Anagrams

• Gretna, Tanger, argent, gerant

Cebuano

Etymology

From English garnet, from Middle English granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gar?net

Noun

garnet

1. (mineralogy) a hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives
2. a dark red color, like that of the gemstone

Adjective

garnet

1. of a dark red colour

Danish

Noun

garnet n

1. definite singular of garn

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

garnet n

1. definite singular of garn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

garnet n

1. definite singular of garn

Swedish

Noun

garnet

1. definite singular of garn

Anagrams

• regnat