ametista

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amethystus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.məˈtis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.meˈtis.ta]

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Noun

ametista f (plural ametistes)

1. amethyst (gemstone and colour)

Further reading

• “ametista” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ametista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ametista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ametista” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Etymology

ametisto +‎ -a

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• (colour): purpura, viola

Galician

Etymology

From Latin amethystus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ametista f (plural ametistas)

1. amethyst

Further reading

• “ametista” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ametista f (plural ametiste)

1. amethyst

Related terms

• ametistino

Anagrams

• estimata

Latvian

Noun

ametista m

1. genitive singular of ametists

Portuguese

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.meˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.meˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.meˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.meˈt͡ʃis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɨˈtiʃ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧me‧tis‧ta

Noun

ametista f (plural ametistas)

1. amethyst (gem)