touchstone

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English

Noun

touchstone (plural touchstones)

1. A stone used to test the quality of gold alloys.
2. A standard of comparison or evaluation.

Translations

A stone used to test the quality of gold alloys

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 試金石, simpl. 试金石 (shìjīnshí)

• French: touchau (fr)
• German: Prüfstein (de) m

• Japanese: 試金石 (しきんせき, shikin seki)
• Korean: 시금석 (sigeumseok)
• Russian: пробирный камень (probírnyj kámenʼ)

• Spanish: piedra de toque f, toque (es) m
• Swedish: probersten (sv) c, prövosten (sv) c

A standard of comparison or evaluation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 試金石, simpl. 试金石 (shìjīnshí)

• German: Prüfstein (de) m

• Japanese: 試金石 (しきんせき, shikin seki)
• Korean: 기준 (gijun)
• Spanish: norma (es) f
• Swedish: prövosten (sv) c