emerald
English
/ˈɛm(ə)ɹəld/
noun
Definitions
- Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
- emerald Emerald green, a colour.
- Any hummingbird in the genera Chlorostilbon and Elvira; and some in the genus Amazilia
- (dated) A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English emeraude derived from Old French esmeraude derived from Latin *smaralda, smaragdus (emerald) derived from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (emerald).
Origin
Ancient Greek
σμάραγδος
Gloss
emerald
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- emeraldine English
- emeraldlike English
- fluoroemerald English
- leucoemeraldine English
- smaragd English
- *smaralda Latin
- *smaraldus Latin
- *smaraūdus Latin
- smaragdinus Latin
- smaragdus Latin
- Smaragd German
- smaragd Hungarian
- зимородок Russian
- изумру́д Russian
- изумруд Russian
- изумрудный Russian
- σμάραγδος Ancient Greek
- σμαράγδινος Ancient Greek
- smaragd Norwegian Bokmål
- エメラルド Japanese
- smaragd Norwegian Nynorsk
- मरकत Sanskrit
- emeraude Middle English
- smaragdr Old Norse
- بَرْق Arabic
- زمرد Arabic
- زُمُرُّد Arabic
- esmeralde Old French
- esmeraude Old French
- esmaragda Catalan, Valencian
- maragda Catalan, Valencian
- smaragður Icelandic
- برق Persian
- زمرد Persian
- มรกต Thai
- emrallt Welsh
- smaragd Middle Dutch
- zümrüt Turkish
- మరకతము Telugu
- မြ Burmese
- зүмірет Kazakh
- zümrüd Azerbaijani
- אזמרגד Hebrew (modern)
- برق Ottoman Turkish
- marakata Pali
- beraq Maltese
- smaragdas Lithuanian
- 𑀫𑀭𑀕𑀤 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀫𑀭𑀕𑀅 Maharastri Prakrit
- མར་གད Tibetan
- برق Moroccan Arabic
- برق Hijazi Arabic
- 𑀫𑀭𑀕𑀬 Ardhamagadhi Prakrit