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emerald
English
Etymology
From Middle English emeraude, borrowed from Old French esmeraude, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (smáragdos), ???????? (máragdos), from a Semitic language. Compare Hebrew ????????? (bareket, “emerald, flashing gem”), Akkadian ???????????? (baraqu, literally “scintillation”), Arabic ?????? (barq, literally “flashing”), Egyptian bwyrq? (literally “to sparkle”):
and loanwords with Semitic etymon such as Sanskrit ???? (marakata) and Persian ????? (zomorrod) (whence Turkish zümrüt and Russian ???????? (izumrúd)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m(?)??ld/
Noun
emerald (countable and uncountable, plural emeralds)
- Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
- Emerald green, a colour.
- Any hummingbird in the genera Chlorostilbon and Elvira; and some in the genus Amazilia
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the family Corduliidae.
- (dated, printing, Britain) A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.
Synonyms
- (gemstone): smaragd (obsolete)
- (type size, US): minionette
Translations
Derived terms
Adjective
emerald (comparative more emerald, superlative most emerald)
- Of a rich green colour.
- 1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour
- 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.
- 1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour
Translations
Verb
emerald (third-person singular simple present emeralds, present participle emeralding, simple past and past participle emeralded)
- (transitive, poetic) To ornament with, or as if with, emeralds; to make green.
Related terms
- smaragd
- smaragdine
See also
- beryl
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Emerald”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “emerald”, in Mindat.org?[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
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