From Middle English juelrye, from Old French juelerye, equivalent to jewel + -ery.

• (British, America) enPR: jo͞oʹ(ə)lrē IPA: /ˈd͡ʒuː(ə)lɹi/
• (US also) enPR: jo͝oʹ(ə)lrē IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʊ(ə)lɹi/
• (nonstandard) enPR: jo͞oʹ(ə)lərē IPA: /ˈd͡ʒuː(ə)ləɹi/ (this pronunciation gives rise to the Cockney rhyming slang tomfoolery)

jewellery (uncountable)

1. Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.

   Synonyms: bling, bling-bling, tom, tomfoolery

   She had more jewellery ornamented about her than any three ladies needed.

   • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Fate of the Artemis ↗”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC ↗; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831 ↗, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

     “ […] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”

2. (oil drilling, informal) Any tools, instruments, devices, etc., placed within a drill pipe.
3. The shop from which a jeweller trades or makes jewelry

• see also Thesaurus:jewelry

• costume jewellery
• jewellery armoire
• jewel
• jeweler, jeweller

• French: joaillerie, bijoux
• German: Schmuck
• Italian: gioielleria (for jewellery made of real gold, silver and gemstone), bigiotteria (for jewellery made of cheaper materials)
• Portuguese: joias, joalheria
• Russian: ювели́рные изделие
• Spanish: joyería, joyas, alhajas