diamante
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /daɪəˈmɒnti/
Noun
diamante (plural diamantes)
- An artificial diamond used as adornment, such as a rhinestone.
- A diamante poem.
Adjective
diamante (comparative more diamante, superlative most diamante)
- covered in diamante decorations
- shiny or iridescent, as if covered in or made of diamonds
Afrikaans
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dja.mɑ̃t/
- Homophones: diamantent, diamantes
Verb
diamante
- inflection of diamanter:
- first-person and third-person singular present indicative
- first-person and third-person singular present subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Galician
Italian
Etymology 1
From Late Latin diamas, diamantis, from Latin adamās, adamantis, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible, untamed; hard substance”), from ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + δαμάζω (damázō, “to overpower, tame, conquer”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.
Noun
diamante m (plural diamanti)
- diamond (all senses)
- (sports, baseball) baseball field, ball field, sandlot baseball diamond
- The crown of an anchor
Derived terms
Etymology 2
A calque of Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger pearl.
Portuguese

Etymology
From Late Latin diamas, diamantis, from Latin adamās, adamantis, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible, untamed; hard substance”), from ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + δαμάζω (damázō, “to overpower, tame, conquer”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.
Pronunciation
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /djaˈmante/, [d̪jaˈmãn̪t̪e]
Etymology 1
From Late Latin diamas, alteration of Latin adamās, (see adamante), from Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās) "unconquerable, invincible". More at diamond.
Noun
diamante m (plural diamantes)
- diamond
- (card games) diamond (a playing card of the suit diamonds, diamantes)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
A calque of Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger pearl.
Further reading
- “diamante” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.