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emerald
CEFRB2
/ˈɛmrəld/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A valuable bright green stone.
- 02
noun
Extra detailEmerald green, a colour.
Examples
Rare gems include aquamarine, amethyst, emerald, quartz and ruby.
Tom does not know the difference between a diamond and an emerald.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 1
Also pronounced
- /ˈɛm.(ə.)ɹəld/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsVert, when blazoning by precious stones.
Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
Any hummingbird in the genera Chlorostilbon and Elvira; and some in the genus Amazilia
More examples
In contextThe child, a girl, was albino like April, and had exactly April's deep red eyes. Sol and Libra named her Emerald, a green name and a ground-term rather than a sky-term, as if in open expression of the slow spell worked on them all by Viridis.
16. As the first. Crest, on a Mount Emerald, a Falcon rising Topaz.
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.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English emeraude, borrowed from Old French esmeraude, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language. Compare Hebrew בָּרֶקֶת (bāréqeṯ, “emerald, flashing gem”), Akkadian 𒁀𒊏𒄣 (baraqu, literally “scintillation”), Arabic بَرْق (barq, literally “flashing”), Egyptian bwyrqꜣ (literally “to sparkle”):D58-Z7-Z4:D21-N29-Z1-G1-D6 and loanwords with Semitic etymon such as Sanskrit मरकत (marakata).