English Explanatory Dictionary

beryl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone (molecular formula Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈).
  2. An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl.
  3. A dull blueish green color.
adj
  1. Of a dull bluish green colour.
name
  1. A female given name from English derived from the gem beryl.
  2. A male given name from Yiddish, meaning “little bear”.
  3. A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɛɹ.əl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-beryl.wav

Word forms

beryl beryls Berel

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English beryl, from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”), in turn borrowed from Middle Indic forms like Pali veḷuriya or Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀅 (verulia), from Dravidian, probably named after Velur (modern day Belur) in southern India.

Related words

chrysoprase brilliant aquamarine emerald heliodor Madagascar aquamarine morganite

Derived words

beryllate berylline blue beryl beryl-spangled tanager beryllium beryllium oxide chrysoberyl

Translations

Armenian: բյուրեղ Bengali: বেরিলো Bulgarian: берил Catalan: beril Cherokee: ᏇᎵ Cherokee: ᏇᎵ-ᏌᎪᏂᎨᎢ Chinese Mandarin: 綠柱石 /绿柱石 Czech: beryl Danish: beryl Esperanto: berilo Esperanto: berilŝtono Estonian: berüll Finnish: berylli French: béryl Galician: berilo German: Beryll Greek: βήρυλλος Ancient Greek: βήρυλλος Hindi: विडूर Hindi: वैडूर्य Hindi: वैदूर्य Hungarian: berill Italian: berillo Japanese: 緑柱石 Kabuverdianu: beril' Kabuverdianu: berilu Kazakh: сутас Latin: beryllus Latvian: berils Latvian: berila krāsa Lithuanian: berilas Low German: Beryll Māori: perira Middle English: beryl Mongolian: биндэръяа Norwegian Bokmål: beryll Norwegian Nynorsk: beryll Old Church Slavonic: воурилъ Polish: beryl Portuguese: berilo Romanian: beril Russian: бери́лл Serbo-Croatian: берил Serbo-Croatian: beril Sicilian: birillu Slovak: beryl Spanish: berilo Spanish: berilio
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