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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sardonyx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??(?)?d?n?ks/
• Homophone: sardonics
• Rhymes: -?n?ks

Noun

sardonyx (countable and uncountable, plural sardonyxes)

1. A gemstone having bands of red sard; a variety of onyx or chalcedony.

   • The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
2. (heraldry) A tincture of sanguine colour when the blazoning is done by precious stones.

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Further reading

• sardonyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???????? m (sardónux).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sar.do.nyks/, [?s?ärd??n?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sar.do.niks/, [?s?rd??niks]

Noun

sardonyx m or f (genitive sardonychos or sardonychis); third declension

1. sardonyx

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).

Derived terms

• sardonycha
• sardonych?tus
• sardonychus

Descendants

• English: sardonyx
• Italian: sardonice

References

• sard?nyx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sardonyx in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sard?nyx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,393/1
• sardonyx in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “sardonyx” on page 1,691/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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