English Explanatory Dictionary

emerald

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
  2. Emerald green, a colour.
  3. Vert, when blazoning by precious stones.
  4. Any hummingbird in the genera Chlorostilbon and Elvira; and some in the genus Amazilia
  5. Any of various species of dragonfly of the family Corduliidae.
  6. A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.
adj
  1. Of a rich green colour.
verb
  1. To ornament with, or as if with, emeralds; to make green.
name
  1. A town in Queensland, Australia.
  2. A town in the Shire of Cardinia and the Shire of Yarra Ranges, central Victoria, Australia
  3. A rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Emerald No. 277.
  4. A female given name from English.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛm.(ə.)ɹəld/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emerald.wav

Word forms

emerald emeralds more emerald most emerald emeralding emeralded

Etymology

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).

Synonyms

smaragd minionette

Related words

smaragd smaragdine beryl

Derived words

African emerald cuckoo Amazon Basin emerald tree boa Asian emerald cuckoo Asian emerald dove Brazilian emerald Emerald emerald ash borer Emerald City emerald cockroach wasp emerald copper emerald cuckoo emerald cut emerald green emerald green snail Emerald Hill emeraldine Emerald Isle emeraldlike emerald palm emerald parakeet emerald tree boa emerald vine emerald wasp fluoroemerald gemerald giant emerald pill millipede lithia emerald Uralian emerald
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