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ametista

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin amethystus.

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Noun

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ametista f (plural ametistes)

  1. amethyst (gemstone and colour)

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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ametisto +‎ -a

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ameˈtista]
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧tis‧ta

Adjective

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ametista (accusative singular ametistan, plural ametistaj, accusative plural ametistajn)

  1. amethyst (containing or made of the gemstone; of a similar purple colour)
    • Jean Ribillard, “Preĝo de M’saud” in Nica literatura revuo, 1/6,
      Post beata ripozo ni ekreiris al Beni-Abbès ĉe karbunkola krepusko, kiu gradete nin sorbadis en sian ametistan apoteozon.
      After a blessed repose, we set back out for Beni-Abbès in a carbuncle twilight, which gradually drew us into its amethyst apotheosis.

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin amethystus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ameˈtista/ [a.meˈt̪is̺.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧tis‧ta

Noun

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ametista f (plural ametistas)

  1. amethyst

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin amethystus, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, “remedy against inebriation”), from ἀ- (a-) (privative prefix) + μεθύειν (methúein, “to become inebriated”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.meˈti.sta/
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧tì‧sta

Noun

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ametista f (plural ametiste)

  1. amethyst
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Anagrams

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Latvian

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Noun

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ametista m

  1. genitive singular of ametists

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin amethystus f, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, “not drunk”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μεθύω (methúō, “to be drunk”), from μέθυ (méthu, “wine”).

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  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧tis‧ta

Noun

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ametista f (plural ametistas)

  1. amethyst (gem)
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