emerald
/ˈɛm.(ə.)ɹəld/ · noun
Meaning
- Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
- Emerald green, a colour.
- Vert, when blazoning by precious stones.
- Any hummingbird in the genera Chlorostilbon and Elvira; and some in the genus Amazilia
- Any of various species of dragonfly of the family Corduliidae.
- A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.
- Of a rich green colour.
- To ornament with, or as if with, emeralds; to make green.
- A town in Queensland, Australia.
- A town in the Shire of Cardinia and the Shire of Yarra Ranges, central Victoria, Australia
- A rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Emerald No. 277.
- A female given name from English.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English emeraude, borrowed from Old French esmeraude, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language. Compare Hebrew בָּרֶקֶת (bāréqeṯ, “emerald, flashing gem”), Akkadian 𒁀𒊏𒄣 (baraqu, literally “scintillation”), Arabic بَرْق (barq, literally “flashing”), Egyptian bwyrqꜣ (literally “to sparkle”):D58-Z7-Z4:D21-N29-Z1-G1-D6 and loanwords with Semitic etymon such as Sanskrit मरकत (marakata).
- मरकत(Sanskrit)→
- bwyrqꜣ(egy)→
- بَرْق(ar)→
- 𒁀𒊏𒄣(akk)→
- בָּרֶקֶת(he)→
- -(sem)→
- σμάραγδος(Ancient Greek)→
- smaragdus(Latin)→
- *smaralda(la-vul)→
- esmeraude(Old French)→
- emeraude(Middle English)→
- emerald (English)
- Relations: inh, der, der, der, der, der, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- brwgtj(Egyptian) (cog)
- エメラルド(Japanese) (bor)
- emrallt(Welsh) (bor)
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