diamant

See also diamànt, and Diamant

Catalan

Noun

diamant m (plural diamants)

1. diamond (gem)

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Czech

Noun

diamant m

1. diamond

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Dutch

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Noun

diamant n (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) diamond (substance)

Noun

diamant m (plural diamanten, diminutive diamantje)

1. a diamond

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French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

diamant m (plural diamants)

1. diamond (gem)
2. diamond (shape)
3. needle (of a record player)

Derived terms

• diamantaire
• diamanter
• diamantifère
• diamantin

Anagrams

• damnait
• mandait

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Irish

Etymology

From Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, diamantis, from Classical Latin adamās, adamantis.

Noun

diamant m (genitive diamaint, nominative plural diamaint)

1. diamond (mineral)

Declension

Declension of diamant

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative diamant diamaint Vocative a dhiamaint a dhiamanta Genitive diamaint diamant Dative diamant diamaint

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an diamant na diamaint Genitive an diamaint na ndiamant Dative leis an diamant don diamant leis na diamaint

Derived terms

• diamantmhar (“diamantiferous”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
diamant	dhiamant	ndiamant
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Norwegian Bokmål

diamant

Etymology

From French diamant, from Middle Latin diamantem and accusative diamas, from Latin adamantem (compare English adamant) as a result of influence from Greek, accusative of Latin and Greek adamas,"invincible", literally "the hardest metal".

Noun

diamant m (definite singular diamanten; indefinite plural diamanter; definite plural diamantene)

1. diamond (uncountable: mineral)

   Kongen bar en krone av gull, besatt med diamanter.

   The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.

   Sagen er belagt med diamant.

   The saw is coated with diamond.

2. the smallest typeface in letterpress printing

Derived terms

• uslepen diamant/uslipt diamant
• diamantring
• diamantbor
• diamantbrosje
• diamantbryllup
• diamanthalsbånd
• diamanthandler
• diamantholdig
• diamanthard
• diamantglans
• diamantglitrende
• diamantsliper
• diamantsmykke

References

• “diamant” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “diamant” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
• Online Etymology Dictionary entry on "diamond"

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French diamant, from Middle Latin diamantem and accusative diamas, from Latin adamantem (compare English adamant) as a result of influence from Greek, accusative of Latin and Greek adamas,"invincible", literally "the hardest metal".

Noun

diamant m (definite singular diamanten; indefinite plural diamantar; definite plural diamantane)

1. diamond (uncountable: mineral)

   Kongen bar ei krone av gull, innsett med diamantar.

   The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.

   Saga er innsett med diamant.

   The saw is coated with diamond.

2. the smallest typeface in letterpress printing

Derived terms

• uslipa diamant/uslipt diamant
• diamantring
• diamantbor
• diamantbrosje
• diamantbryllaup
• diamanthaldig
• diamanthard
• diamantglans
• diamantglitrande
• diamanthalsband
• diamanthandlar
• diamantslipar
• diamantsmykke

References

• “diamant” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “diamant” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
• Online Etymology Dictionary entry on "diamond"

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Romanian

Noun

diamant n (plural diamante)

1. diamond

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) diamànt

Noun

diamant m (plural diamants)

1. (mineral, gemstone, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) diamond

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Slovene

Noun

diamánt m inan. (dual diamanta, plural diamanti)

1. diamond

Declension

Declension of diamant (masculine inanimate, hard)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	diamant	diamanta	diamanti
accusative	diamant	diamanta	diamante
genitive	diamanta	diamantov	diamantov
dative	diamantu	diamantoma	diamantom
locative	diamantu	diamantih	diamantih
instrumental	diamantom	diamantoma	diamanti

Derived terms

• diamánten

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Swedish

Noun

diamant c

1. (uncountable) the mineral diamond
2. (countable) the gem stone diamond, whether cut or not

Declension

Declension of diamant

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	diamant	diamanten	diamanter	diamanterna
genitive	diamants	diamantens	diamanters	diamanternas

See also

• diamantborr