English Explanatory Dictionary

jade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
  2. A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
  3. A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.
adj
  1. Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.
noun
  1. A horse too old to be put to work.
  2. A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.
verb
  1. To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).
  2. To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn.
  3. To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous.
name
  1. A female given name from English.
name
  1. A surname

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒeɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jade.wav

Word forms

jade jades jading jaded

Etymology

Borrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”). (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side.)

Synonyms

jadestone jade stone yu jade-stone jade green jade plant lucky plant money plant money tree nag yaud battle axe bitch brim brimstone cat crow dragon faggot fishwife harpy harridan hellcat jade nudnik scold she-devil shrew termagant virago vixen witch beleaguer exhaust fatigue fordo do for gas out get down knock up poop run someone ragged tire tire out wear wear down wear out weary

Related words

agate californite greenstone nephrite quartz serpentine yulan

Derived words

bejade Caledon jade green dwarf jade golden jade hard jade imperial jade Jade City jade egg jade gate jade green jadeite jadelike jade plant jadesheen jade stalk jade vine jadeware jadish jadite jady new jade nonjade pseudojade red jade soft jade vat jade green vesuvianite jade Vesuvian jade jaded Jade Goody effect

Translations

Afrikaans: jade Ahtna: tsae baa Arabic: يَشْم Arabic: يَشْب Armenian: նեֆրիտ Baba Malay: giok Basque: jade Belarusian: нефры́т Belarusian: жад Bulgarian: нефрит Burmese: ကျောက်စိမ်း Catalan: jade Chinese: 玉 Chinese: 玉石 Corsican: ghjada Corsican: ghjadu Corsican: ghiada Czech: jadeit Danish: jade Dutch: jade Dzongkha: གཡང་ཊི Esperanto: jado Faroese: játa Faroese: jada Finnish: jade French: jade Friulian: jade Galician: xade Georgian: ნეფრიტი German: Jade Greek: νεφρίτης Hebrew: יַרְקָן Hindi: हरिताश्म Hungarian: jáde Ido: jado Indonesian: giok Irish: séad Italian: giada Japanese: 翡翠 Javanese: giok Khmer: យក់ Korean: 비취 Korean: 옥 Korean: 경옥 Lao: ຢົກ Latin: jadeītēs Macedonian: жад Macedonian: не́фрит Malay: jed Malay: giok
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