English Explanatory Dictionary

turquoise

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.

adj

Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
Having a pale greenish-blue colour.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪz/ /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪs/ /ˈtɜː(ɹ).kwɑːz/ /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪz/ /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪs/ En-us-turquoise.ogg en-au-turquoise.ogg

Word forms

turquoise turquoises Turkies more turquoise most turquoise

Etymology

From Middle French turquoise, from Old French (pierre) turquoise (“Turkish (stone)”), from turc + -ois. The stone, mined near Nishapur in the Khorasan region of Persia, was originally brought to Europe through Turkey. Doublet of Turkish.

Synonyms

Related words

turquoisish turquoisey turquoisy turquoiselike turquoised augite

Derived words

bone turquoise Bisbee turquoise turquoise-browed motmot turquoise parrot Turquoise Lake

Translations

Arabic: فَيْرُوز Arabic: فيروز Arabic: تركواز Armenian: փիրուզ Avar: пируза Azerbaijani: firuzə Bashkir: фирүзә Belarusian: біруза́ Bengali: ফিরোজা Bulgarian: тюркоа́з Buryat: оюу Catalan: turquesa Chinese Cantonese: 綠松石 /绿松石 Chinese Mandarin: 綠松石 /绿松石 Coptic: ⲟⲭⲓⲱⲛ Coptic: ⲁⲃⲉⲣⲏϫ Crimean Tatar: feruze Czech: tyrkys Danish: turkis Dutch: turkoois Dzongkha: གཡུ Egyptian: m-f:kA- t Esperanto: turkiso Estonian: türkiis Finnish: turkoosi French: turquoise Galician: turquesa Georgian: ფირუზი German: Türkis Greek: τυρκουάζ Greek: περουζές Ancient Greek: κάλαϊς Gujarati: પીરોજ Hebrew: טוּרְקִיז Hindi: फ़ीरोज़ा Hindi: पीरोज़ा Hindi: पेरोज Hindi: पेरज Hungarian: türkiz Indonesian: pirus Italian: turchese Japanese: トルコ石 Japanese: ターコイズ Kalmyk: ойюн Karachay-Balkar: файруз Karakalpak: piruza Kazakh: көктас Kazakh: бирюза Korean: 터키옥 Korean: 터키석

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