émeraude

See also: emeraude

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French esmeralde, esmeragde, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus (“emerald”), from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos, “emerald”), from a Semitic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /em.ʁod/ ~ /ɛm.ʁod/

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• Homophone: émeraudes
• Hyphenation: éme‧raude

Noun

émeraude f (plural émeraudes)

1. emerald (gemstone)
2. emerald (color)

Adjective

émeraude (invariable)

1. emerald (color)

   Synonym: smaragdin

Further reading

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