different between vorpal vs opal

English

Etymology

Coined by Lewis Carroll in the poem Jabberwocky to describe a sword.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v??pl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??pl?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)p?l

Adjective

vorpal (comparative more vorpal, superlative most vorpal)

1. Sharp or deadly.
2. (role-playing games, of a blade) Having a special power making decapitation likely.

Derived terms

• vorpalize

Translations

English

Etymology

In Florio’s A World of Words 1598 as opale, from French opale, from Latin opalus, from Byzantine Greek ???????? (opállios), from Sanskrit ??? (upala, “gem, stone”), from ???? (upári, “the upper millstone”)..

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???p?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?p?l/
• Rhymes: -??p?l

Noun

opal (plural opals)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO₂·nH₂O.
2. (biology, genetics, biochemistry) A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA."
3. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Nesolycaena.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• OLAP, POLA, Palo, alop, aplo-, pola

Cebuano

Etymology

From English opal, from French opale, from Latin opalus, from Byzantine Greek ???????? (opállios), from Sanskrit ??? (upala, “gem, stone”), from ???? (upári, “the upper millstone”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: o?pal

Noun

opal

1. (mineralogy) opal

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.pal/

Etymology 1

Noun

opal m inan

1. (mineralogy) opal

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) opalowy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

opal

1. second-person singular imperative of opali?

Further reading

• opal in Polish dictionaries at PWN