zircon
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See also: zircón
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Zirkon, possibly via French zircon, formed in the 1780s from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn). Doublet of jargoon.
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Noun[edit]
zircon (countable and uncountable, plural zircons)
- (uncountable) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia.
- 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.)
- (countable) A crystal of zircon, sometimes used as a false gemstone.
- 1982, “The Message”, performed by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five:
- A zircon princess, seemed to lost her senses
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Translations[edit]
mineral
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Zirkon, formed in the 1780s from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn). Doublet of jargon.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zircon m (plural zircons)
Further reading[edit]
- “zircon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian[edit]
Noun[edit]
zircon m (plural zircons)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zircon n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
declension of zircon (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) zircon | zirconul |
genitive/dative | (unui) zircon | zirconului |
vocative | zirconule |
Further reading[edit]
- zircon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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