English Explanatory Dictionary

diamond

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
  2. A gemstone made from this mineral.
  3. A diamond ring.
  4. A very pale blue color.
  5. Sable, when blazoning by precious stones.
  6. Something that resembles a diamond.
  7. A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
  8. A polyiamond consisting of two triangles.
  9. The entire field of play used in the game.
  10. The infield of a baseball field.
  11. A card of the diamonds suit.
  12. A town square.
adj
  1. Made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.
  2. Of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.
  3. Of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.
  4. First-rate; excellent.
verb
  1. To adorn with or as if with diamonds.
name
  1. A female given name from English of modern usage, from the name of the gem.
  2. A surname from German or Irish.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. A historical settlement in Denali Borough, Alaska.
  5. An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, Georgia.
  6. A village in Grundy County and Will County, Illinois.
  7. An unincorporated community in Raccoon Township, Parke County, Indiana.
  8. A township in Cherokee County, Iowa.
  9. An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
  10. A minor city in Newton County, Missouri.
  11. An unincorporated community in Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio.
  12. An unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon.

Pronunciation

/ˈdaɪ.ə.mənd/ /ˈdaɪ.mənd/ en-us-diamond1.ogg en-us-diamond.ogg

Word forms

diamond diamonds diamonding diamonded Dimond

Etymology

From Middle English dyamaunt, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamās, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “diamond”). Doublet of adamant. The printing sense is a calque of Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700; compare pearl, ruby (“size of type between pearl and nonpareil”).

Synonyms

sparkler adamant lozenge rhomb 2-iamond ball field baseball field baseball diamond infield diamantine

Antonyms

outfield

Related words

demantoid diamantine argyle carbonado diamante paragon shlenter rhinestone brifka Diamondstone

Derived words

accent diamond adamantine Alençon diamond American diamond baseball diamond black diamond blood diamond blue diamond impatiens Bristol diamond chocolate diamond conflict diamond Cornish diamond deadly diamond of death diamond accent diamond anniversary diamond anvil cell diamondback diamondback moth diamond ball diamond beetle diamond bird diamond bracket diamond carry Diamond Creek diamond cross diamond crossing diamond crossover diamond cut diamond diamond cutter diamond dove diamond duck diamond dust diamond firetail diamond frame diamond geezer diamond graph diamond grass diamond hands Diamond Head diamondiferous diamond in the rough diamondize diamond jubilee diamond junction diamond killifish Diamond Lake diamond lane diamondless diamondlike diamond marimba diamond mortar diamond mullet diamond number diamondoid diamond open access diamond paste diamond planet diamond plate diamond poem diamond problem

Translations

Abaza: алмаз Abkhaz: алмас Afrikaans: diamant Albanian: diamant Albanian: padamar Albanian: adham Southern Altai: алмас Southern Altai: алмаз Amharic: አልማዝ Arabic: أَلْمَاس Arabic: مَاس Arabic: الماظ Arabic: الماس Arabic: ألماس Aramaic: ܐܵܠܡܵܣ Aramaic: ܐܵܕܵܡܘܿܣ Aramaic: ܡܵܫܘܿܫܵܐ Armenian: ադամանդ Armenian: ալմաստ Assamese: হীৰা Asturian: diamante Avar: алмас Azerbaijani: almaz Bambara: lúulu Bambara: jaman Bashkir: алмас Bashkir: гәүһәр Bashkir: бриллиант Belarusian: алма́з Belarusian: дыяме́нт Bengali: হীরা Bulgarian: диама́нт Bulgarian: елма́з Burmese: စိန် Catalan: diamant Cherokee: ᏅᏯ ᎤᏥᏍᏓᎷᎩᏍᎩ Chinese Cantonese: 金剛石 /金刚石 Hakka Chinese: 金剛石 /金刚石 Chinese: 金剛石 /金刚石 Chinese Mandarin: 金剛石 /金刚石 Cornish: adamant Crimean Tatar: elmaz Czech: diamant Danish: diamant Dutch: diamant Esperanto: diamanto Estonian: teemant Faroese: diamantur Finnish: timantti French: diamant West-Frisian: diamant Friulian: diamant Gagauz: almaz Galician: diamante Georgian: ალმასი
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