jade

See also Jade, jáde, jäde, and jadę

English

Wikipedia

A jadeite ball

Pronunciation

• IPA: /d​͡ʒeɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Etymology 1

From French le jade, error for earlier l'ejade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada ("flank stone"), from Latin ilia (“flank”) (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side.).

Noun

jade (usually uncountable; plural jades)

1. (uncountable) A semiprecious stone either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 128: 

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.

2. A grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.

   jade colour:

Derived terms

terms derived from jade noun, gem

jade gate jade green jade plant

jade stalk jadeite

See also

other terms of interest

californite greenstone nephrite

yulan Appendix:Colors

Translations

gem

• Catalan: jade (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 玉 (cmn) (yù), 玉石 (cmn) (yùshí)

• Czech: jadeit (cs) m
• Dutch: jade (nl) n
• Finnish: jade (fi)
• French: jade (fr) m
• Galician: xade (gl) m
• German: Jade (de)
• Greek: νεφρίτης (el) (nefrítis) m
• Hungarian: jáde (hu)
• Indonesian: giok (id)
• Italian: giada (it) f
• Japanese: 翡翠 (ja) (ひすい, hisui), ヒスイ (ja) (hisui)

• Korean: 비취 (翡翠, bichwi), 경옥 (硬玉, gyeong-ok)
• Macedonian: жад (mk) (žad) m
• Nahuatl: chalchiuitl
• Norwegian: jade (no)
• Polish: żad (pl) m
• Portuguese: jade (pt) m
• Russian: нефрит (ru) (nefrít) m (nephrite), жадеит (ru) (žadeít) m (jadeite)
• Spanish: jade (es) m
• Swahili: yakuti kijani (sw)
• Turkish: yeşim (tr)
• Vietnamese: ngọc thạch (vi)

colour

• Danish: jadegrøn (da) c
• Dutch: jadegroen (nl) n
• Finnish: jadenvihreä (fi)

• Hungarian: jádezöld (hu)
• Norwegian: jadegrønn (no)
• Swahili: rangi ya yakuti kijani (sw)

Adjective

jade (not comparable)

1. Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.

Etymology 2

From Middle English, perhaps from Old Norse jalda (“mare”).

Noun

jade (plural jades)

1. A horse too old to be put to work.
2. A woman, especially in contempt.
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing:

     You always end with a jade’s trick: I know you of old.

Translations

old horse

• Finnish: luuska (fi)
• German: Klepper (de), alter Gaul (de) m, Gaul (de) m, Mähre (de) f
• Hungarian: gebe (hu)

• Polish: szkapa f, chabeta f
• Russian: кляча (ru) (kljáča) f
• Volapük: (male or female) lujevod (vo)

woman

• Finnish: luuska (fi)

• Russian: негодница (ru) (negódnica) f

Verb

jade (third-person singular simple present jades, present participle jading, simple past and past participle jaded)

1. To tire, weary or fatigue

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:fatigue

Derived terms

• jaded

Translations

to tire, weary or fatigue

• Finnish: väsyä (fi), kulua (fi) (intr.), väsyttää (fi), kuluttaa (fi) (tr.)

• Russian: утомлять (ru) (utomljatʹ)

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jaːdə/, [ˈjæːð̩]

Noun

jade c (singular definite jaden, uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) jade

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑde

Noun

jade

1. (mineralogy) jade

Declension

Declension of jade (type nalle) singular plural nominative jade jadet genitive jaden jadejen jadein1 partitive jadea jadeja accusative jade jaden jadet inessive jadessa jadeissa elative jadesta jadeista illative jadeen jadeihin adessive jadella jadeilla ablative jadelta jadeilta allative jadelle jadeille essive jadena jadeina translative jadeksi jadeiksi instructive – jadein abessive jadetta jadeitta comitative – jadeineen 1) Rare.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʒad/

Noun

jade m (plural jades)

1. jade

Anagrams

• déjà

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [xaðe]

Noun

jade m (plural jades)

1. jade