jewellery

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Alternative forms

• (US, Canada) jewelry

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: jo͞oʹəlrē IPA: /ˈdʒuːəlri/ X-SAMPA: /"dZu:@lri/
• (alternate UK pronunciation) enPR: jo͞oʹələrē IPA: /ˈdʒuːələri/ X-SAMPA: /"dZu:@l@ri/
• (nonstandard) enPR: jo͞oʹlərē IPA: /ˈdʒuːləri/ X-SAMPA: /"dZu:l@ri/ (this pronunciation gives rise to the Cockney rhyming slang tomfoolery)

Noun

jewellery (usually uncountable; plural jewelleries)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, The Fate of the Artemis^[1]:

     “[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”

   She had more jewellery ornamented about her than any three ladies needed.

Synonyms

• tom (Cockney rhyming slang), tomfoolery (Cockney rhyming slang); see also Wikisaurus:jewelry

Related terms

• jewel
• jeweler, jeweller

Translations

personal ornamentation

• Arabic: مجوهرات (ar) (mujawharāt) f pl
• Armenian: ոսկեղեն (hy) (oskeġen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 首飾 (cmn), 首饰 (cmn) (shǒushi)

• Czech: klenoty (cs) m pl
• Danish: smykker (da) n pl
• Finnish: korut (fi) pl
• French: joaillerie (fr) f, bijoux (fr) m pl
• German: Schmuck (de) m, Juwelen (de) n pl
• Greek: κοσμήματα (el) (kosmímata) f pl (pl. of κόσμημα (el) (kósmima) n)
• Hindi: जेवर (hi), जवाहरात (hi)
• Hungarian: ékszer (hu)
• Italian: gioielleria (it) f (for jewellery made of real gold, silver and gemstone), bigiotteria (it) f (for jewellery made of cheaper materials)
• Japanese: 装身具 (ja) (そうしんぐ, sōshingu), 宝飾品 (ja) (ほうしょくひん, hōshokuhin), ジュエリー (ja) (juerī)

• Korean: 보석류 (ko) (boseongnyu)
• Lao: ຖະໜິມ (lo) (tha-nim)
• Marathi: दागिने (mr), दागदागिने (mr), जडजवाहिर (mr)
• Navajo: ílį́įgo naalyéhé
• Pashto: ګاڼه (ps) (gānna) f, كالي (ps) (kāli) m pl
• Polish: biżuteria (pl) f
• Portuguese: joia (pt) f, bijuteria (pt) f
• Russian: ювелирные изделия (ru) (juvelírnyje izdélija) n pl, драгоценности (ru) (dragocénnosti) f pl, бижутерия (ru) (bižutɛ́rija) f, украшения (ru) (ukrašénija) n pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: накит (sh) m

  Roman: nakit (sh) m

• Slovak: klenoty (sk) m pl
• Slovene: nakit (sl) m
• Spanish: joyería (es) f, joyas (es) f pl, alhajas (es) f pl
• Turkish: ziynet (tr), süs eşyası (tr), takı (tr)