turquoise

See also: Turquoise

English

WOTD – 5 September 2007

Alternative forms

• Turkies (archaic)

Etymology

Turquoise with quartz (1)

From Middle French turquoise, from Old French (pierre) turquoise (“Turkish (stone)”), from turc +‎ -ois. The stone, mined near Nishapur in the Khorasan region of Persia, was originally brought to Europe through Turkey. Doublet of Turkish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪz/, /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪz/, /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪs/

• Audio (US)

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• Audio (AU)

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Noun

turquoise (countable and uncountable, plural turquoises)

1. (countable) A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
   • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, page 128:

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

2. (countable and uncountable) A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

   turquoise:  

Synonyms

• (colour): blue-green, green-blue, greenish blue, turquoise blue

Derived terms

• bone turquoise
• Bisbee turquoise
• turquoise parrot

Related terms

• turquoisish
• turquoisey/turquoisy
• turquoiselike
• turquoised

Translations

gemstone

• Arabic: فَيْرُوز (fayrūz)

  Egyptian Arabic: فيروز m (fayrūz), تركواز m (terkwæːr)

• Armenian: փիրուզ (hy) (pʻiruz)
• Avar: пируза (piruza)
• Azerbaijani: firuzə (az)
• Bashkir: фирүзә (firüzə)
• Belarusian: біруза́ f (biruzá)
• Bengali: ফিরোজা (bn) (phirōja)
• Bulgarian: тюркоа́з m (tjurkoáz)
• Buryat: оюу (ojuu)
• Catalan: turquesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 綠松石／绿松石 (luk⁶ cung⁴ sek⁶)

  Mandarin: 綠松石／绿松石 (zh) (lǜsōngshí)

• Coptic: ⲟⲭⲓⲱⲛ (okhiōn), ⲁⲃⲉⲣⲏϫ m (aberēč) (Sahidic)
• Crimean Tatar: feruze
• Czech: tyrkys (cs) m
• Danish: turkis c
• Dutch: turkoois (nl) m or n
• Dzongkha: གཡུ (g.yu)
• Egyptian: (mfkꜣt)
• Esperanto: turkiso
• Estonian: türkiis
• Finnish: turkoosi (fi)
• French: turquoise (fr) f
• Galician: turquesa (gl) f
• Georgian: ფირუზი (ka) (piruzi)
• German: Türkis (de) m
• Greek: τυρκουάζ n (tyrkouáz)
• Gujarati: પીરોજ (pīroj)
• Hebrew: טוּרְקִיז (he) m (turkíz)
• Hindi: फ़ीरोज़ा m (fīrozā),पीरोज़ा m (pīrozā), पेरोज (hi) (peroj), पेरज (hi) (peraj)
• Hungarian: türkiz (hu)
• Indonesian: pirus (id)
• Italian: turchese (it) m
• Japanese: トルコ石 (トルコいし, toruko ishi), ターコイズ (tākoizu)
• Kalmyk: ойюн (oyyun)
• Karachay-Balkar: файруз (fayruz)
• Karakalpak: piruza
• Kazakh: көктас (köktas), бирюза (birüza)
• Korean: 터키옥 (teokiok), 터키석 (ko) (teokiseok)
• Kumyk: перезе (pereze)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: feyroz (ku)

• Kyrgyz: бирюза (biryuza)
• Lak: пирузи (piruzi)
• Latin: callais f
• Latvian: tirkīzs m
• Lezgi: фируз (firuz)
• Lithuanian: turkis
• Macedonian: тиркиз m (tirkiz)
• Malay: firus (ms)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: оюу (mn) (ojuu)

• Nahuatl: xihuitl (nah)
• Navajo: dootłʼizhii
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: turkis (no) m

  Nynorsk: turkis m

• Persian: فیروزه (fa) (firuze), پیروزه (fa) (piruze)
• Polish: turkus (pl) m
• Portuguese: turquesa (pt) f
• Punjabi: فِیروزَہ m (fīrozah)
• Romanian: turcoază (ro) f, peruzea (ro) f
• Russian: бирюза́ (ru) f (birjuzá)
• Sanskrit: पेरोज (sa) m (peroja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тѝркӣз m, мо̀дрӯљ m

  Roman: tìrkīz (sh) m, mòdrūlj (sh) m

• Slovak: tyrkys (sk) m
• Slovene: turkiz (sl) m
• Spanish: turquesa (es) f
• Swahili: feruzi
• Swedish: turkos (sv) c
• Tagalog: turkesa
• Tajik: фирӯза (firüza)
• Tatar: фирәзә (tt) (firäzä)
• Tibetan: གཡུ (g.yu)
• Turkish: turkuaz (tr), firuze (tr)
• Turkmen: firuza
• Udi: пуьруьз (pürüz)
• Ukrainian: ту́ркус m (túrkus), бірюза́ (uk) f (birjuzá), піруза f (piruza), фіруза f (firuza)
• Urdu: فِیروزَہ m (fīrozā)
• Uyghur: بىريۇزا (biryuza)

  Cyrillic: бирйуза (biryuza)

• Uzbek: feruza (uz)
• Vietnamese: ngọc lam (vi)

colour

• Arabic: فَيْرُوزِيّ m (fayrūziyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: تركواز m (terkwāz)

• Armenian: փիրուզագույն (hy) (pʻiruzaguyn)
• Azerbaijani: firuzəyi (az)
• Bengali: ফিরোজা (bn) (phirōja)
• Bulgarian: тюркоа́з m (tjurkoáz)
• Catalan: turquesa (ca) f
• Czech: tyrkysový (cs) m, tyrkysová (cs) f
• Dutch: turkoois (nl), turkooise
• Dzongkha: གཡུ་མདོག (g.yu mdog)
• Esperanto: turkisa
• Finnish: turkoosi (fi)
• French: turquoise (fr) f
• Galician: turquesa (gl) m
• Georgian: ფირუზი (ka) (piruzi)
• German: türkis (de)
• Greek: τυρκουάζ n (tyrkouáz)
• Hindi: फ़िरोज़ी (firozī)
• Hungarian: türkiz (hu), türkizkék (hu)
• Icelandic: grænblár (is) m
• Indonesian: toska, pirus (id), biru pirus
• Italian: turchese (it) m
• Japanese: ターコイズブルー (tākoizu burū)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: feyrozî

• Lithuanian: turkio spalva f
• Malay: firus (ms)
• Maori: kārikiōrangi
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: оюу ногоон өнгө (ojuu nogoon öngö)

• Nahuatl: xihuitl (nah), xippālli
• Navajo: dootłʼizhii, dootłʼizh
• Nepali: फेरीज (pherīj)
• Persian: فیروزه‌ای (fa) (firuze-i)
• Polish: turkusowy (pl)
• Portuguese: turquesa (pt) m
• Quechua: anqas umiña
• Romanian: turcoaz (ro), turchez
• Russian: бирюзо́вый (ru) m (birjuzóvyj)
• Sanskrit: पेरोज (sa) m (peroja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тиркизна f, модруљаста m

  Roman: tirkizna f, modruljasta m

• Spanish: turquesa (es) m
• Swahili: rangi ya feruzi
• Swedish: turkos (sv) c, turkosfärg c
• Tajik: фирӯза (firüza)
• Turkish: turkuaz (tr)
• Ukrainian: ту́ркусовий m (túrkusovyj), пірузо́вий m (piruzóvyj), бірюзо́вий (uk) m (birjuzóvyj)
• Vietnamese: xanh thổ, xanh ngọc, màu ngọc lam, màu lam ngọc

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Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: (1, 2) ^{(please verify)} turchese

Further reading

• turquoise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

turquoise (comparative more turquoise, superlative most turquoise)

1. Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
2. Having a pale greenish-blue colour.

Translations

made of turquoise

• Armenian: փիրուզե (hy) (pʻiruze)
• Bulgarian: тюркоа́зен (tjurkoázen)
• Georgian: ფირუზი (ka) (piruzi)
• German: aus Türkis
• Hungarian: türkiz (hu)
• Italian: di turchese m or f
• Japanese: トルコ石の (toruko ishi no)
• Polish: turkusowy (pl)
• Romanian: de turcoază, de peruzea
• Russian: бирюзо́вый (ru) (birjuzóvyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тиркизан

  Roman: tirkizan

having a pale greenish-blue colour

• Armenian: փիրուզագույն (hy) (pʻiruzaguyn)
• Belarusian: бірузо́вы (biruzóvy)
• Bulgarian: тюркоа́зен (tjurkoázen)
• Catalan: turquesa (ca)
• Czech: tyrkysový (cs) m
• Danish: turkis
• Dutch: turkoois (nl) n
• Esperanto: turkisa
• Finnish: turkoosi (fi), turkoosinvärinen
• French: turquoise (fr)
• Galician: turquesa (gl)
• Georgian: ფირუზისფერი (piruzisperi)
• German: türkis (de)
• Hindi: फ़िरोज़ा (firozā)
• Hungarian: türkiz (hu), türkizkék (hu)
• Interlingua: turchese
• Italian: turchese (it)
• Japanese: ターコイズブルーの (tākoizu burū no)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: turkis (no), turkisblå

  Nynorsk: turkis, turkisblå

• Persian: فیروزه‌ای (fa) (firuze-i)
• Polish: turkusowy (pl)
• Portuguese: turquesa (pt), turquesino, turquesado
• Romanian: turcoaz (ro)
• Russian: бирюзо́вый (ru) (birjuzóvyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тиркизан

  Roman: tirkizan

• Spanish: turquesa (es)
• Swedish: turkos (sv), turkosfärgad
• Ukrainian: бірюзо́вий (uk) (birjuzóvyj)

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}
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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French turquois, from turc +‎ -ois.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyʁ.kwaz/

• Audio

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Noun

turquoise f (plural turquoises)

2. turquoise (gemstone)

Descendants

• Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)
• Turkish: turkuaz
• Romanian: turcoază (stone)

Noun

turquoise m (plural turquoises)

2. turquoise (colour)

Adjective

turquoise (invariable)

1. turquoise-colored

Descendants

• Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)
• Turkish: turkuaz
• Romanian: turcoază (colour)

Further reading

• “turquoise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From French turquoise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtyrˌkvaːs/, [ˈtyχˌkwaːs]

Adjective

turquoise (masculine turquoisen, neuter turquoiset, comparative méi turquoise, superlative am turquoisesten)

1. turquoise, cyan, teal (of a greenish blue, often light, colour)

See also

Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen (layout · text)

wäiss	gro	schwaarz
rout	orange; brong	giel
	gréng
turquoise	blo (hellblo, himmelblo)	blo (donkelblo)
violett; indigo	magenta; mof	rosa; pink

Middle French

Alternative forms

• turcquoise

Etymology

Inherited from Old French turquois.

Noun

turquoise f (plural turquoises)

1. turquoise (precious stone)

Descendants

• French: turquoise (“gemstone”)
  • Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)
  • Turkish: turkuaz
  • Romanian: turcoază (stone)
  • French: turquoise (“colour”)
    • Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)
    • Turkish: turkuaz
    • Romanian: turcoază (colour)
• → English: turquoise
• → Luxembourgish: turquoise