jewel
English
/ˈdʒuːəl/, /dʒul/
noun
Definitions
- A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
- A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
- (figuratively) Anything precious or valuable.
- (horology) A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus .
- (slang) The clitoris.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English juel derived from juel derived from Old French jouel derived from Latin gaudium (joy, delight), iocus (joke, jest, game, playing, pastime, play).
Origin
Latin
iocus
Gloss
joke, jest, game, playing, pastime, play
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
😜
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bejewel English
- fish English
- front English
- hoax English
- house English
- jewel-weed English
- jewelfish English
- jewelfront English
- jewelhouse English
- jeweller English
- jewellery English
- jewelless English
- jewellike English
- jewelsmith English
- jewelweed English
- jewie English
- joke English
- smith English
- weed English
- *gaudia Latin
- *iocāle Latin
- *jocale Latin
- gaudia Latin
- gaudimonium Latin
- gaudium Latin
- iocus Latin
- iocus partītus Latin
- Gaudium German
- Jux German
- gaudio Italian
- gozar Spanish, Castilian
- gozo Spanish, Castilian
- *yek- Proto-Indo-European
- gáudio Portuguese
- jewell hous Middle English
- juel Middle English
- jueler Middle English
- juelrye Middle English
- geu Old French
- jouel Old French
- gaz Albanian
- gazmend Albanian
- gëzim Albanian
- hokë Albanian
- goyvo Old Portuguese
- jogo Old Portuguese
- gojat Occitan
- *jokos Proto-Italic
- gauch Old Occitan
- gaug Old Occitan
- joi Old Occitan
- gozo Old Spanish
- juel xno
- joie Bourguignon
- jooe Bourguignon