different between emerald vs malachite

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)

1. Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
2. Emerald green, a colour.

3. Any hummingbird in the genera Chlorostilbon and Elvira; and some in the genus Amazilia
4. (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the family Corduliidae.
5. (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)

1. 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.

Translations

Verb

emerald (third-person singular simple present emeralds, present participle emeralding, simple past and past participle emeralded)

1. (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.

English

Etymology

From Middle French malachite, from Latin moloch?tis, from Ancient Greek ?????? (molókh?, “[leaf of the ... ] mallow plant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæl?ka?t/

Noun

malachite (countable and uncountable, plural malachites)

1. (mineralogy) A bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂; one of the principal ores of copper.
2. A mild green colour, like that of the mineral.

Derived terms

• malachite green
• pseudomalachite

Translations

Adjective

malachite (comparative more malachite, superlative most malachite)

1. Of a colour ranging from olive-taupe to a mild to deeply-rich (at times seemingly translucent) green, like that of the mineral which is present on oxidized copper.

See also

• Appendix:Colors

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.la.?it/

Noun

malachite f (plural malachites)

1. malachite

Further reading

• “malachite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From Middle French malachite, from Latin molochitis, from Ancient Greek ?????? (malakh?, “[leaf of the ... ] mallow plant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.la?ki.te/

Noun

malachite f (plural malachiti)

1. (mineralogy) malachite