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emerald.

Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɛm.(ə.)ɹəld/

  1. Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.

    countable · uncountable

  2. Emerald green, a colour.

    countable · uncountable

  3. Vert, when blazoning by precious stones.

    countable · uncountable

  4. Any hummingbird in the genera Chlorostilbon and Elvira; and some in the genus Amazilia

    countable · uncountable

  5. Any of various species of dragonfly of the family Corduliidae.

    countable · uncountable

  6. A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.

    UK · countable · dated · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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).

adj/ˈɛm.(ə.)ɹəld/

  1. Of a rich green colour.

Where this word comes from

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).

verb/ˈɛm.(ə.)ɹəld/

  1. To ornament with, or as if with, emeralds; to make green.

    poetic · transitive
Where this word comes from

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).

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