different between topaz vs beryl

English

Etymology

From Old French topace (compare French topaze), from the Ancient Greek proper noun ???????? (Topázios), ancient name of St. John's Island, Egypt, in the Red Sea, believed to be the first discovered source of the mineral ???????? (topázion, “peridot”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??pæz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?to?pæz/

Noun

topaz (usually uncountable, plural topazes)

1. A silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by impurities.
2. An often clear, yellowish-brown gemstone cut from this.
3. A yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.

4. (historical, British India) A black Catholic soldier in the British Army.

Descendants

• ? Welsh: topas

Translations

Adjective

topaz

1. Of a yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.

Translations

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Colors
• Killiecrankie diamond

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Topaz”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “topaz”, in Mindat.org?^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?topas]

Noun

topaz m

1. topaz (clear, yellowish-brown gemstone)

Declension

Derived terms

• topazový

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?.pas/

Noun

topaz m inan

1. topaz (gem)

Declension

Derived terms

• topazowy

Further reading

• topaz in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French topaze.

Noun

topaz n (plural topaze)

1. topaz

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

topaz f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. topaz (gemstone)

English

Etymology

From Old French beril, from Latin b?rillus, b?ryllus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (b?rullos, “beryl”), from Prakrit ???????? (viral?yate), from Sanskrit ??????? (vai??rya), from Dravidian, probably named after Velur (modern day Belur) in southern India.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b???l/
• Rhymes: -?r?l

Noun

beryl (countable and uncountable, plural beryls)

1. (uncountable, mineralogy) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone.
2. (countable) An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl.

   The crown was set with six beryls of excellent size and color.

3. (uncountable) A dull blueish green colour.

Translations

Adjective

beryl (not comparable)

1. Of a dull bluish green colour.

Translations

Derived terms

• beryllium
• beryllium oxide
• chrysoberyl

Related terms

• chrysoprase
• brilliant

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}
• aquamarine
• emerald
• heliodor
• Madagascar aquamarine
• morganite

Anagrams

• Byler

Cornish

Noun

beryl

1. Soft mutation of peryl.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?r?l]
• Rhymes: -?r?l

Noun

beryl m

1. beryl

Derived terms

• berylový

Further reading

• beryl in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• beryl in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

beryl c (singular definite beryllen, plural indefinite beryller)

1. beryl (the mineral and examples of the mineral)

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be?ril/
• Hyphenation: be?ryl
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

beryl n (uncountable)

1. Superseded spelling of beril.

Noun

beryl m (plural beryllen)

1. Superseded spelling of beril.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.r?l/

Noun

beryl m inan

1. beryllium (chemical element)

Declension

Further reading

• beryl in Polish dictionaries at PWN