touchstone

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English

Etymology

touch +‎ stone

Noun

touchstone (plural touchstones)

A stone used to check the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them to leave a visible trace.
(figuratively, by extension) A standard of comparison or evaluation.
- South
  The foregoing doctrine affords us also a touchstone for the trial of spirits.

Translations

stone used to test the quality of gold alloys

Armenian: փորձաքար (hy) (pʿorjakʿar)
Burmese: မှတ်ကျောက် (my) (hmatkyauk)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 試金石 (zh), 试金石 (zh) (shìjīnshí)
Dutch: toetssteen (nl) m
Finnish: koetinkivi (fi)
French: touchau (fr) m
German: Prüfstein (de) m
Italian: pietra di paragone

Japanese: 試金石 (しきんせき, shikin seki)
Korean: 시금석 (sigeumseok)
Polish: kamień probierczy m
Portuguese: pedra de toque f
Russian: проби́рный ка́мень m (probírnyj kámenʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: пробни камен m, probni kamen m
Spanish: piedra de toque f, toque (es) m
Swedish: probersten (sv) c, prövosten c

standard of comparison or evaluation

Armenian: չափանիշ (hy) (čʿapʿaniš), փորձաքար (hy) (pʿorjakʿar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 試金石 (zh), 试金石 (zh) (shìjīnshí)
Dutch: maatstaf (nl) m, toetssteen (nl) m
Finnish: koetinkivi (fi)
French: pierre de touche (fr) f
German: Prüfstein (de) m
Hungarian: ismérv (hu), kritérium (hu)

Italian: pietra di paragone f
Japanese: 試金石 (しきんせき, shikin seki)
Korean: 기준 (ko) (gijun)
Polish: probierz m
Portuguese: pedra de toque f
Spanish: norma (es) f
Swedish: prövosten c

See also

Anagrams

touch-tones, touchtones

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