diamant

From Dutch diamant, from Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

diamant (plural diamante, diminutive diamantjie)

1. diamond

• bloeddiamant
• diamantmyn

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /di.əˈmant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /di.əˈman/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /di.aˈmant/

diamant m (plural diamants)

1. diamond (gem)

diamant m

1. diamond

diamant c (singular definite diamanten, plural indefinite diamanter)

1. diamond (mineral)

• “diamant” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

The typographic use derives from Dirck Voskens, who first cut it around 1700 and presumably named it by analogy with the larger parel.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdi.aːˈmɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: di‧a‧mant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

diamant n (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) diamond (substance)

diamant m (plural diamanten, diminutive diamantje n)

1. a diamond
2. (uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between kwart cicero and parel, equivalent to English brilliant and standardized as 4 point.

• robijn
• halve petit

• bloeddiamant
• diamantmijn

• (diamond):
  • Afrikaans: diamant
• (font size):
  • English: diamond
  • French: diamant
  • German: Diamant
  • Italian: diamante
  • Spanish: diamante

• IPA^(key): /dja.mɑ̃/

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From Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, probably from metathesis of adimas (whence aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

diamant m (plural diamants)

1. diamond (gem)
2. diamond (shape)
3. needle (of a record player)

Borrowed from Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger perle.

diamant m (uncountable)

1. (uncountable, printing, dated) excelsior (a small size of type, standardized as 3 point)

• damnait, mandait

• “diamant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiˑəmˠən̪ˠt̪ˠ/

diamant m (genitive singular diamaint, nominative plural diamaint)

1. diamond (mineral)

• "diamant" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “diamant” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “diamant” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

diamant m (definite singular diamanten, indefinite plural diamanter, definite plural diamantene)

1. diamond (uncountable: mineral)

   Kongen bar en krone av gull, besatt med diamanter.

   The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.

   Sagen er belagt med diamant.

   The saw is coated with diamond.

2. the smallest typeface in letterpress printing

• “diamant” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “diamant” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Online Etymology Dictionary entry on "diamond"

Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

diamant m (definite singular diamanten, indefinite plural diamantar, definite plural diamantane)

1. diamond (uncountable: mineral)

   Kongen bar ei krone av gull, innsett med diamantar.

   The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.

   Saga er innsett med diamant.

   The saw is coated with diamond.

2. the smallest typeface in letterpress printing

• “diamant” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “diamant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Online Etymology Dictionary entry on "diamond"

Borrowed from French diamant.

diamant n (plural diamante)

1. diamond

• diamànt (Sutsilvan)

diamant m (plural diamants)

1. (mineralogy, gemstone, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) diamond

• IPA^(key): /dijamàːnt/, /dijamáːnt/

dijamānt m inan

1. diamond

• diamánten

diamant c

1. (uncountable) the mineral diamond
2. (countable) the gem stone diamond, whether cut or not

• diamantborr