emerald

See also Emerald

English

cut emeralds (beryl)

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English emeraude, from Old French esmeraude, from Vulgar Latin *esmaralda, *esmaraldus, variant of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος, μάραγδος (maragdos), from Semitic root b-r-q “to shoot lightning, to flash in darkness”, compare Hebrew בָּרֶקֶת (bareket) “emerald, flashing gem”, Akkadian  (barruktu), Arabic buraq “lightning”. Sanskrit मरकत (marakata) from a Semitic language. Persian زمرد (zomorrod) (whence Turkish zümrüt, whence Russian изумруд (izumrud) from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smaragdos).

Adjective

emerald (comparative more emerald, superlative most emerald)

1. Of a rich green colour.

Translations

rich green colour

• Bulgarian: изумруден (bg) (izumruden)
• Dutch: smaragdgroen (nl), smaragdgroene (nl)
• Finnish: smaragdinvihreä (fi)
• French: émeraude (fr)
• German: smaragdgrün (de), smaragdfarben (de)
• Greek: σμαράγδένιος (el) (smaragdénios) 
• Interlingua: esmeraldin (ia)
• Japanese: エメラルド (ja) (emerarudo)

• Lithuanian: smarãgdinis (lt)
• Macedonian: смарагден (mk) (smáragden) m
• Persian: زمردی (fa) (zomorrodi)
• Polish: szmaragdowy (pl) m
• Romanian: smaraldiu (ro)
• Russian: изумрудный (ru) (izumrúdnyj) 
• Spanish: esmeralda (es)
• Swedish: smaragdgrön (sv)

Noun

emerald (plural emeralds)

1. Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 128: 

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.

2. Emerald green, a colour.

Translations

gemstone

• Arabic: زمرّد (zumúrrud) m
• Armenian: զմրուխտ (hy) (zmruxt) 
• Azeri: zümrüd (az)
• Bengali: পান্না (bn) (panna)
• Bulgarian: изумруд (bg) m (izumrud)
• Catalan: maragda (ca) f, esmaragda (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᎡᎻᎳ (chr) (emila)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 綠寶石 (cmn), 绿宝石 (cmn) (lǜ bǎoshí)

• Czech: smaragd (cs) m
• Danish: smaragd (da)
• Dutch: smaragd (nl) m
• Esperanto: smeraldo (eo)
• Estonian: smaragd (et)
• Finnish: smaragdi (fi)
• French: émeraude (fr) f
• Georgian: ზურმუხტი (ka) (zurmuxti) 
• German: Smaragd (de) m
• Greek: σμαράγδι (el) (smarágdi) n 
• Hebrew: אזמרגד (izmargad), ברקת (bareket)

• Hungarian: smaragd (hu)
• Icelandic: smaragður (is) m
• Indonesian: zamrud (id)
• Interlingua: esmeraldo
• Italian: smeraldo (it)
• Japanese: エメラルド (ja) (emerarudo)
• Korean: 에메랄드 (ko)
• Lithuanian: smarãgdas (lt) m
• Macedonian: смарагд (mk) (smarágd) m
• Persian: زمرد (fa) (zomorrod)
• Polish: szmaragd m
• Portuguese: esmeralda (pt) f
• Romanian: smarald n, alternate: smarand n, smaragd n
• Russian: изумруд (ru) (izumrúd) m 
• Spanish: esmeralda (es) f
• Swahili: zumaridi (sw)
• Swedish: smaragd (sv) c
• Thai: มรกต (morrágòt)
• Turkish: zümrüt (tr)

colour

• Cherokee: ᎡᎻᎳ-ᎢᏤᏳᏍᏗ (chr) (emila-itseyusdi)
• Finnish: smaragdinvihreä
• French: émeraude (fr) f
• German: Smaragdgrün n
• Greek: σμαραγδένιο (smaragdénio) n, βαθυπράσινο (vathyprásino) n
• Hungarian: smaragdzöld (hu)
• Japanese: エメラルド色 (ja) (emerarudo-iro)
• Lithuanian: smarãgdas (lt) m

• Macedonian: смарагдна (mk) (smáragdna)
• Persian: زمرد (fa) (zomorrod)
• Polish: kolor szmaragdowy m
• Romanian: smaraldiu m
• Russian: изумрудный (ru) (izumrúdnyj) m 
• Swahili: rangi ya zumaridi (sw)
• Swedish: smaragdgrön (sv)

Derived terms

• Emerald
• emerald cut
• emerald green
• Emerald Isle

Related terms

• smaragd
• smaragdine

See also

• beryl
• Appendix:Colors