turquoise

English

WOTD – 5 September 2007    

Wikipedia

Turquoise with quartz (1)

Etymology

From Middle French turquoise, from Old French (pierre) turqueise (“Turkish (stone)”). The stone was originally brought to Europe from Turkestan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪz/, /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪs/, X-SAMPA: /"t3:(r\).k(w)OIz/, /"t3:(r\).k(w)OIs/
• (US) IPA: /ˈtɚ.kɔɪz/

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Noun

turquoise (plural turquoises)

1. A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
   • 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 […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

2. A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.

   turquoise colour:

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• bone turquoise

Translations

gemstone

• Armenian: փիրուզ (hy) (p'iruz)
• Azeri: firuzə (az)
• Catalan: turquesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 綠松石 (cmn), 绿松石 (cmn)

• Czech: tyrkys (cs) m
• Danish: turkis (da) c
• Dutch: turkoois (nl)
• Esperanto: turkiso (eo)
• Estonian: türkiis (et)
• Finnish: turkoosi (fi)
• French: turquoise (fr) f
• Georgian: ფირუზი (ka) (p’iruzi)
• German: Türkis (de) m
• Greek: τυρκουάζ (el) (tyrkouáz) n
• Gujarati: પીરોજ (gu) (peeroj)
• Hebrew: טורקיז (he)
• Hindi: फीरोज़ा (hi) (pheerozaa)
• Hungarian: türkiz (hu)
• Indonesian: pirus (id)
• Italian: turchese (it) m

• Japanese: トルコ石 (ja) (toruko ishi)
• Lithuanian: turkis (lt)
• Navajo: dootłʼizhii
• Persian: فیروزه (fa) (firuze), پیروزه (fa) (piruze)
• Polish: turkus (pl)
• Portuguese: turquesa (pt) f
• Russian: бирюза́ (ru) (birjuzá) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тиркиз (sh) m, модруљ (sh) m

  Roman: tirkiz (sh) m, modrulj (sh) m

• Spanish: turquesa (es) f
• Swahili: feruzi (sw)
• Swedish: turkos (sv) c
• Turkish: turkuaz (tr), firuze (tr)
• Uyghur:

  Persic: بىريۇزا (ug) (biryuza)

  Cyrillic: бирйуза (ug) (бирйуза)

  Roman: biryuza (ug) (biryuza)

• Vietnamese: ngọc lam (vi)

colour

• Azeri: firuzəyi (az)
• Catalan: turquesa (ca) f
• Czech: tyrkysový (cs) m, tyrkysová (cs) f
• Dutch: turkoois (nl), turkooise (nl)
• Finnish: turkoosi (fi)
• French: turquoise (fr) f
• Georgian: ფირუზი (ka) (p’iruzi)
• German: Türkis (de) n
• Greek: τυρκουάζ (el) (tyrkouáz) n
• Hungarian: türkiz (hu), türkizkék (hu)
• Indonesian: toska (id)
• Italian: turchese (it) m
• Japanese: ターコイズブルー (ja) (tākoizu burū)
• Lithuanian: turkio spalva (lt) f

• Mongolian: оюу ногоон өнгө (mn) (ojuu nogoon öngö)
• Navajo: dootłʼizhii, dootłʼizh
• Persian: فیروزه‌ای (fa) (firuze-i)
• Portuguese: turquesa (pt) m
• Quechua: anqas umiña (qu)
• Russian: бирюза́ (ru) (birjuzá) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тиркизна (sh) f, модруљаста (sh) m

  Roman: tirkizna (sh) f, modruljasta (sh) m

• Spanish: turquesa (es) m
• Swahili: rangi ya feruzi (sw)
• Swedish: turkos (sv) c, turkosfärg (sv) c
• Turkish: turkuaz (tr)
• Vietnamese: xanh thổ (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: тюркоаз (bg) (tjurkoaz) m
• Interlingua: (1,2) turchese (ia)

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

• Georgian: ფირუზი (ka) (p’iruzi)
• German: ‎aus Türkis
• Hungarian: türkiz (hu)
• Italian: ‎di turchese m and f
• Japanese: トルコ石の (ja) (toruko ishi no)

• Polish: turkusowy (pl) m
• Russian: бирюзовый (ru) (bir'uzóvyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тиркизан (sh)

  Roman: tirkizan (sh)

having a pale greenish-blue colour

• Catalan: turquesa (ca)
• Czech: tyrkysový (cs) m
• Danish: turkis (da)
• Dutch: turkoois (nl) n
• Esperanto: turkisa (eo)
• Finnish: turkoosi (fi), turkoosinvärinen (fi)
• French: turquoise (fr)
• Georgian: ფირუზისფერი (ka) (p’iruzisp’eri)
• German: türkis (de)
• Hungarian: türkiz (hu), türkizkék (hu)
• Interlingua: turchese (ia)

• Italian: turchese (it)
• Japanese: ターコイズブルーの (ja) (tākoizu burū no)
• Persian: فیروزه‌ای (fa) (firuze-i)
• Polish: turkusowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: turquesa (pt), turquesino (pt), turquesado (pt)
• Russian: бирюзовый (ru) (bir'uzóvyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тиркизан (sh)

  Roman: tirkizan (sh)

• Spanish: turquesa (es)
• Swedish: turkos (sv), turkosfärgad (sv)

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, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, 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)}
• augite

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French

Noun

turquoise f (plural turquoises)

1. turquoise (gemstone)

Noun

turquoise m (plural turquoises)

1. turquoise (colour)

Adjective

turquoise (invariable)

1. turquoise-colored