gemstone

English

gemstones

Etymology

From Middle English gimstone, alteration (due to Middle English gemme) of earlier ȝimston, ȝimstan, from Old English gimstān (“a gem; jewel; precious stone”), equivalent to gem +‎ stone. Compare Icelandic gimsteinn (“jewel; gem”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛmˌstoʊn/
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Noun

gemstone (plural gemstones)

A gem, usually made of minerals.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:gemstone

Translations

a gem

Arabic: جَوْهَر‎ (ar) m (jawhar), جَوْهَرَة‎‎ f (jawhara) (singulative)
Belarusian: кашто́ўны ка́мень m (kaštóŭny kámjenʹ), самацве́т m (samacvjét)
Bulgarian: скъпоце́нен ка́мък m (skǎpocénen kámǎk)
Burmese: ရတနာ (my) (ra.ta.na)
Catalan: pedra preciosa f, gemma (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寶石 (zh), 宝石 (zh) (bǎoshí)
Czech: klenot m, drahokam (cs) m
Danish: ædelsten c
Dutch: edelsteen (nl) m
Esperanto: gemo
Finnish: jalokivi (fi)
French: pierre précieuse (fr) f, joyau (fr) m
Galician: pedra preciosa f
German: Edelstein (de) m, Juwel (de) n, Kleinod (de) n
Hebrew: אֶבֶן יְקָרָה‎ f (éven yekará)
Hindi: मणि (hi) m (maṇi), रत्न (hi) m (ratna), पत्थर (hi) m (patthar)
Icelandic: gimsteinn (is) m
Indonesian: batu akik (id)
Italian: pietra preziosa f, gemma (it) f
Japanese: 宝石 (ja) (ほうせき, hōseki)
Khmer: ត្បូង (km) (tboung), មណី (km) (mĕəʾnii)
Korean: 보석 (ko) (boseok) (寶石 (ko))
Lao: ພອຽ (phǭi), ມະນີ (ma nī), ຣະຕະນະ (ra ta na)

Latin: gemma f
Latvian: dārgakmens m
Lithuanian: brangakmenis m
Macedonian: скапоцен камен m (skapocen kamen)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: edelstein (no) m, edelsten (no) m, smykkestein m

Nynorsk: edelstein m, smykkestein m
Pashto: غمی‎ (ps) m (ǧamáy)
Persian: نگین‎ (fa) (negin), گوهر‎ (fa) (gowhar)
Polish: klejnot (pl) m, kamień szlachetny (pl) m
Portuguese: pedra preciosa (pt) f, gema (pt) f
Romanian: piatră prețioasă (ro) f
Russian: драгоце́нный ка́мень (ru) m (dragocénnyj kámenʹ), самоцве́т (ru) m (samocvét)
Sanskrit: मणि (sa) m (maṇi), रत्न (sa) n (ratna)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: драгуљ m

Roman: dragulj (sh) m
Slovak: klenot m, drahokam m
Slovene: dragulj (sl) m
Spanish: piedra preciosa (es) f, joya (es) f, alhaja (es) f
Swedish: ädelsten (sv) c
Thai: พลอย (th) (plɔɔi), จินดา (jin-daa), รัตน์ (th) (rát)
Ukrainian: дорогоці́нний ка́мінь m (dorohocínnyj káminʹ), кошто́вний ка́мінь m (koštóvnyj káminʹ), самоцві́т m (samocvít)
Vietnamese: đá quý
Welsh: tlysfaen m, tlysfeini m pl

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