gem

See also gêm

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Old English ġimm, from Latin gemma; refashioned in Middle English under the influence of Old French gemme

Pronunciation

• enPR: jĕm, IPA: /ʤɛm/, SAMPA: /dZem/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

gem (plural gems)

1. A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
2. (figuratively) any precious or highly valued thing or person

   She's an absolute gem.

3. (obsolete) a gemma or leaf-bud
4. a type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata
5. (computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.

Synonyms

• (precious stone): gemstone, jewel, precious stone; see also Wikisaurus:gemstone

Translations

precious stone

Arabic: جوهرة (ar) (jáwhara) f. Egyptian Arabic: جوهرة (gawhara) f., ماسة (masa) f., فص (faṣ) m., حجر كريم (ḥagar karim) m. Armenian: թանկարժեք քար (hy) (t'ankaržek' k'ar), ակ (hy) (ak) Old Armenian: ակն (hy) (akn) Bulgarian: скъпоценен камък m. Catalan: gemma (ca) f. Chinese: CJKV Characters: 玉 Mandarin: 寶石 (zh), 宝石 (zh) (bǎoshí) Croatian: dragulj (hr) m. Czech: klenot (cs) m., drahokam (cs) m. Danish: ædelsten (da) c. Dutch: edelsteen (nl) m. Esperanto: juvelo (eo) Finnish: jalokivi (fi) French: joyau (fr) m., pierre précieuse (fr) f. German: Edelstein (de) m., Juwel (de) n., Kleinod (de) n. Hindi: मणि (hi) (maṇi) m., रत्न (hi) (rátna), पत्थर (hi) (patthar) m. Icelandic: gimsteinn (is) m. Ido: juvelo (io) Italian: gemma (it) f., pietra preziosa (it) f. Japanese: 宝石 (ja) (ほうせき, hōseki)

Korean: 보석 (ko) (boseok) (寶石 (ko)) Malay: permata (ms) Marathi: रत्न (mr) Old English: ġimm (ang) m. Pashto: غمى (ps) (ghamai) m. Persian: گوهر (fa) (gohar) Polish: klejnot (pl) m., kamień szlachetny (pl) m. Portuguese: gema (pt) f., pedra preciosa (pt) f. Russian: драгоценный камень (ru) (dragocénnyj kámen') m., самоцвет (ru) (samocvét) m. Scottish Gaelic: neamhnaid (gd) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: драгуљ (sh) m. Roman: dragulj (sh) m. Spanish: joya (es) f., alhaja (es) f., piedra preciosa (es) f. Swedish: juvel (sv) c., ädelsten (sv) c. Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: mücevher (tr) Ukrainian: дорогоцінний камінь (uk) (dorohocínnyj kámin') m., самоцвіт (uk) (samocvít) m. Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: gem (cy) f.

precious or highly valued thing or person

Danish: perle (da) c. Pashto: غمى (ps) (ghamai) m. Polish: skarb (pl) m.

Russian: жемчужина (ru) (žemčúžina) f., драгоценность (ru) (dragocénnost') f. Scottish Gaelic: neamhnaid (gd) f.

obsolete: gemma — see gemma

type of geometrid moth

See also

• Wikipedia article on Gemstones

Anagrams

• EMG
• meg, Meg

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Meriam

Noun

gem

1. body

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Romanian

gem

Noun

gem n. (plural gemuri)

1. jam (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Declension

declension of gem

	singular		plural
gender n.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un gem	gemul	niște gemuri	gemurile
genitive/dative	unui gem	gemului	unor gemuri	gemurilor

This Romanian entry was created from the translations listed at jam. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see gem in the Romanian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) February 2010

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡeːm/

Noun

gem n.

1. a paper clip
2. (tennis) a game; part of a set

Declension

Declension of gem

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gem	gemet	gem	gemen
genitive	gems	gemets	gems	gemens

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Volapük

Noun

gem (plural gems)

1. sibling

Declension

declension of gem

	singular	plural
nominative	gem	gems
genitive	gema	gemas
dative	geme	gemes
accusative	gemi	gemis
predicative	gemu	gemus
vocative	o gem!	o gems!