emerald
see also: Emerald
Pronunciation
Emerald
Proper noun
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see also: Emerald
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɛməɹəld/, /ˈɛmɹəld/
emerald
- Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
- Emerald green, a colour.
- Any hummingbird in the genera Chlorostilbon and Elvira; and some in the genus Amazilia
- (dated, printing, UK) A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.
- (gemstone) smaragd (obsolete)
- (type size) minionette
- French: émeraude
- German: Smaragd
- Italian: smeraldo
- Portuguese: esmeralda
- Russian: изумру́д
- Spanish: esmeralda
- French: émeraude
- German: Smaragdgrün
- Portuguese: verde-esmeralda
- Russian: изумру́дный (цвет)
emerald
- Of a rich green colour.
- The insect-queen of eastern spring, / O'er emerald meadows of Kashmeer / Invites the young pursuer near, / And leads him on from flower to flower / A weary chase and wasted hour.
- French: émeraude
- German: smaragdgrün, smaragdfarben
- Portuguese: esmeralda
- Russian: изумру́дный
- Spanish: esmeralda
emerald (emeralds, present participle emeralding; past and past participle emeralded)
Related termsEmerald
Proper noun
- A town in Queensland, Australia.
- (rare) A female given name.
- 1954 Theodore Sturgeon, The Golden Helix, in Leo Marguelis:Three Times Infinity, Fawcett Publications 1958, page 109:
- The child, a girl, was albino like April, and had exactly April's deep red eyes. Sol and Libra named her Emerald, a green name and a ground-term rather than a sky-term, as if in open expression of the slow spell worked on them all by Viridis.
- 1954 Theodore Sturgeon, The Golden Helix, in Leo Marguelis:Three Times Infinity, Fawcett Publications 1958, page 109:
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