beryl
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (berullos, “beryl”).
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[edit] Noun
beryl (countable and uncountable; plural beryls)
- (uncountable) (mineralogy) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone.
- (countable) An example of the mineral beryl.
- The crown was set with six beryls of excellent size and color.
- (uncountable) a dull blue colour.
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beryl colour:
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gem
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colour
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[edit] Adjective
beryl (not comparable)
- Of a dull blue colour.
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of a dull blue colour
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- (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre (Category: en:Blues) [edit]
- aquamarine
- emerald
- heliodor
- Madagascar aquamarine
- morganite
[edit] Danish
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beryl c. (singular definite beryllen, plural indefinite beryller)
- beryl (the mineral and examples of the mineral)
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Inflection of beryl
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | beryl | beryllen | beryller | beryllerne |
| genitive | beryls | beryllens | beryllers | beryllernes |
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[edit] Noun
beryl m.
- beryllium (chemical element)
[edit] Declension
| Singular only | |
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| Nominative | beryl |
| Genitive | berylu |
| Dative | berylowi |
| Accusative | beryl |
| Instrumental | berylem |
| Locative | berylu |
| Vocative | berylu |