gem

See also gêm

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Old English ġimm, from Latin gemma; refashioned in Middle English under the influence of Old French gemme.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jĕm, IPA: /d͡ʒɛm/, X-SAMPA: /dZem/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

gem (plural gems)

1. A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
   • 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. (figuratively) any precious or highly valued thing or person

   She's an absolute gem.

3. (obsolete) a gemma or leaf-bud
4. a type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata
5. (computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.

Synonyms

• (precious stone): gemstone, jewel, precious stone; see also Wikisaurus:gemstone

Translations

precious stone

• Arabic: جوهرة (ar) (jáwhara) f

  Egyptian Arabic: جوهرة (gawhara) f, ماسة (masa) f, فص (faṣ) m, حجر كريم (ḥagar karim) m

• Armenian: թանկարժեք քար (hy) (t'ankaržek' k'ar), ակ (hy) (ak)

  Old Armenian: ակն (hy) (akn)

• Bulgarian: скъпоценен камък (bg) (skăpocenen kamăk) m
• Catalan: gemma (ca) f
• Chinese:

  CJKV Characters: 玉

  Mandarin: 寶石 (cmn), 宝石 (cmn) (bǎoshí)

• Czech: klenot (cs) m, drahokam (cs) m
• Danish: ædelsten (da) c
• Dutch: edelsteen (nl) m
• Esperanto: juvelo (eo)
• Finnish: jalokivi (fi)
• French: joyau (fr) m, pierre précieuse (fr) f
• Georgian: ძვირფასი ქვა (ka) (jvirp'asi k'va)
• German: Edelstein (de) m, Juwel (de) n, Kleinod (de) n
• Hindi: मणि (hi) (maṇi) m, रत्न (hi) (rátna), पत्थर (hi) (patthar) m
• Icelandic: gimsteinn (is) m
• Ido: juvelo (io)

• Italian: gemma (it) f, pietra preziosa (it) f
• Japanese: 宝石 (ja) (ほうせき, hōseki)
• Korean: 보석 (ko) (boseok) (寶石 (ko))
• Malay: permata (ms)
• Marathi: रत्न (mr)
• Old English: ġimm (ang) m
• Pashto: غمی (ps) (ghamai) m
• Persian: گوهر (fa) (gohar)
• Polish: klejnot (pl) m, kamień szlachetny (pl) m
• Portuguese: gema (pt) f, pedra preciosa (pt) f
• Romanian: nestemată (ro) f, piatră prețioasă (ro) f, gemă (ro) f, giuvaier (ro)
• Russian: драгоценный камень (ru) (dragocénnyj kámen') m, самоцвет (ru) (samocvét) m
• Scottish Gaelic: neamhnaid (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: драгуљ (sh) m

  Roman: dragulj (sh) m

• Spanish: joya (es) f, alhaja (es) f, piedra preciosa (es) f
• Swedish: juvel (sv) c, ädelsten (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: mücevher (tr)
• Ukrainian: дорогоцінний камінь (uk) (dorohocínnyj kámin') m, самоцвіт (uk) (samocvít) m
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: gem (cy) f

precious or highly valued thing or person

• Danish: perle (da) c
• Pashto: غمی (ps) (ghamai) m
• Polish: skarb (pl) m

• Russian: жемчужина (ru) (žemčúžina) f, драгоценность (ru) (dragocénnost') f
• Scottish Gaelic: neamhnaid (gd) f

obsolete: gemma — see gemma

type of geometrid moth

Verb

gem (third-person singular simple present gems, present participle gemming, simple past and past participle gemmed)

1. (transitive) To adorn with, or as if with, gems.
   • 1827, Various, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10,^[1]:

     A few bright and beautiful stars gemmed the wide concave of heaven […] .

   • 1872, J. Fenimore Cooper, The Bravo^[2]:

     Above was the firmament, gemmed with worlds, and sublime in immensity.

   • 1920, John Freeman, Poems New and Old^[3]:

     The rain Shook from fruit bushes in new showers again As I brushed past, and gemmed the window pane.

See also

• Wikipedia article on Gemstones

Anagrams

• EMG
• meg, Meg

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Meriam

Noun

gem

1. body

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Romanian

gem

Etymology 1

From English jam.

Noun

gem n (plural gemuri)

1. jam (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Declension

declension of gem

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un gem	gemul	niște gemuri	gemurile
genitive/dative	unui gem	gemului	unor gemuri	gemurilor

Etymology 2

Verb

gem

1. first-person singular present tense form of geme.
2. first-person singular subjunctive form of geme.
3. third-person plural present tense form of geme.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡeːm/

Noun

gem n

1. a paper clip
2. (tennis) a game; part of a set

Declension

Declension of gem

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gem	gemet	gem	gemen
genitive	gems	gemets	gems	gemens

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Volapük

Noun

gem (plural gems)

1. sibling

Declension

declension of gem

	singular	plural
nominative	gem	gems
genitive	gema	gemas
dative	geme	gemes
accusative	gemi	gemis
predicative	gemu	gemus
vocative	o gem!	o gems!