different between gem vs occidental
gem
English
Etymology
From Middle English gemme, gimme, yimme, ?imme, from Old English ?imm, from Proto-West Germanic *gimmu (“gem”) and Old French gemme (“gem”), both from Latin gemma (“a swelling bud; jewel, gem”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: j?m, IPA(key): /d???m/
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /d???m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
gem (countable and uncountable, plural gems)
- A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 1, Canto 10, p. 144,[1]
- And on her head she wore a tyre of gold,
- Adornd with gemmes and owches wondrous fayre,
- Whose passing price vneath was to be told;
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act V, Scene 3,[2]
- Of six preceding ancestors, that gem,
- Conferr’d by testament to the sequent issue,
- Hath it been owed and worn. This is his wife;
- That ring’s a thousand proofs.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 4, lines 647-649,[3]
- […] then silent Night
- With this her solemn Bird and this fair Moon,
- And these the Gemms of Heav’n, her starrie train:
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 1, Canto 10, p. 144,[1]
- (figuratively) Any precious or highly valued thing or person.
- She's an absolute gem.
- Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, such as a small picture, a verse of poetry, or an epigram.
- a gem of wit
- (obsolete) A gemma or leaf-bud.
- c. 1668, John Denham (translator), Of Old Age by Cato the Elder, Part 3, in Poems and Translations, with The Sophy, London: H. Herringman, 4th edition, 1773, p. 35,[6]
- Then from the Joynts of thy prolifick Stemm
- A swelling Knot is raised (call’d a Gemm)
- 1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, p. xcii,[7]
- In about twelve days the sprouts from the gems of the planted cane are seen […]
- c. 1668, John Denham (translator), Of Old Age by Cato the Elder, Part 3, in Poems and Translations, with The Sophy, London: H. Herringman, 4th edition, 1773, p. 35,[6]
- A type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata.
- (computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
- (uncountable, printing, uncommon, obsolete) A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot.
Synonyms
- (precious stone): gemstone, jewel, precious stone; see also Thesaurus:gemstone
Derived terms
- begem
- Gem County
- Gem State
Translations
Verb
gem (third-person singular simple present gems, present participle gemming, simple past and past participle gemmed)
- (transitive) To adorn with, or as if with, gems.
Synonyms
- begem
See also
- Wikipedia article on Gemstones
Anagrams
- EGM, EMG, MEG, MGE, Meg, meg, meg-
Albanian
Alternative forms
- gemb
Etymology
Together with gemb, a phonetic variant of gjemb.
Noun
gem m
- branch
Derived terms
- gemtë
Related terms
- gjemb
References
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- ghèban (Sette Comuni)
Etymology
From Middle High German geben, from Old High German geban, from Proto-West Germanic *geban, from Proto-Germanic *geban?.
Cognate with German geben, Dutch geven, obsolete English yive, Icelandic gefa.
Verb
gem (strong class 5, auxiliary håm)
- (Luserna) to give
References
- “gem” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Danish
Verb
gem
- imperative of gemme
Meriam
Noun
gem
- body
Polish
Etymology
From English game, from Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gaman? (“amusement, pleasure, game”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m/
Noun
gem m inan
- (tennis) game (part of a set)
Declension
Further reading
- gem in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- gem in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology 1
From English jam.
Noun
gem n (plural gemuri)
- jam (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
Declension
Etymology 2
Verb
gem
- first-person singular present indicative of geme
- first-person singular present subjunctive of geme
- third-person plural present indicative of geme
Swedish
Etymology 1
The paper clip's most common design was originally thought to be made by The Gem Manufacturing Company in Britain in the 1870s. More at paper clip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?m/, /je?m/
Noun
gem n
- a paper clip
Etymology 2
From English game
Noun
gem n
- (tennis) a game; part of a set
Declension
References
- gem in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gem in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Volapük
Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from French germain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?em/, [?em]
Noun
gem (nominative plural gems)
- sibling
- 1949, "Lifajenäd brefik cifala: ‚Jakob Sprenger?", in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, issue 4, 13-14.
- ‚Jakob? äbinom cil mälid se gems vel: blods lul e sörs tel.
- Jakob was the sixth child out of seven siblings: five brothers and two sisters.
- ‚Jakob? äbinom cil mälid se gems vel: blods lul e sörs tel.
- 1949, "Lifajenäd brefik cifala: ‚Jakob Sprenger?", in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, issue 4, 13-14.
Declension
Hyponyms
- blod (“brother”)
- higem (“brother”)
- jiblod (“sister”)
- jigem (“sister”)
- sör (“sister”)
Derived terms
- (collective) gemef (“brother(s) and/or sister(s)”)
- (adjective) gemik (“sibling”)
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occidental
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French occidental, from Latin occidentalis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??k.s??d?n.t?l/
Adjective
occidental (comparative more occidental, superlative most occidental)
- Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western. [from 16th c.]
- occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.
- Of a gem or precious stone: of inferior value or quality. [from 18th c.]
Synonyms
- western
Antonyms
- (western): oriental
Derived terms
- occidentalism
- occidentalist
Related terms
- Occident
Translations
Noun
occidental (plural occidentals)
- A Western Christian of the Latin rite
- Most occidentals resident in South China have joined the Chinese in their zealous enthusiasm for the lychee.
See also
- oriental
- boreal
- austral
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occident?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ok.si.d?n?tal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /uk.si.d?n?tal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ok.si.den?tal/
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
occidental (masculine and feminine plural occidentals)
- western
Synonyms
- de l'oest
- ponentí
Related terms
- occident
See also
(compass points) punt cardinal;
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occidentalis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k.si.d??.tal/
- Homophones: occidentale, occidentes
Adjective
occidental (feminine singular occidentale, masculine plural occidentaux, feminine plural occidentales)
- Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western
Derived terms
- Sahara occidental
Related terms
- Occidental (noun for Westerner)
- occident
- occidentalisation
- occidentaliser
Further reading
- “occidental” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Pronunciation
Adjective
occidental m or f (plural occidentais)
- western
Portuguese
Adjective
occidental m or f (plural occidentais, comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of ocidental (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French occidental, Latin occidentalis.
Adjective
occidental m or n (feminine singular occidental?, masculine plural occidentali, feminine and neuter plural occidentale)
- western
Declension
Antonyms
- oriental
Related terms
- occident
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occidentalis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /o??iden?tal/, [o??.?i.ð??n??t?al]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /o?siden?tal/, [o??.si.ð??n??t?al]
- Hyphenation: oc?ci?den?tal
Adjective
occidental (plural occidentales)
- western
- Antonym: oriental
Derived terms
- antioccidental
- Virginia Occidental
Related terms
- occidente
Coordinate terms
- oriental
- meridional, sureño
- septentrional, norteño
Noun
occidental m or f (plural occidentales)
- westerner
Further reading
- “occidental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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