beryl

See also: béryl and Beryl

English

Beryl (1)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English beryl, from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”), from Prakrit, from Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɹ.əl/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹəl

Noun

beryl (countable and uncountable, plural beryls)

1. (uncountable, mineralogy) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone (molecular formula Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈).
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Fête”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 57:

     The sunset had been magnificent, and the Thames was floating in dark radiance; the waves wearing that transparent clearness, which gives more the idea of melted beryl, than aught else: every little circle in the water had that trembling light which characterises precious stones.

   • 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 diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.

2. (countable) An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl.

   The crown was set with six beryls of excellent size and color.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 1:16:

     The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl …

3. (uncountable) A dull blueish green colour.

   beryl:  

Derived terms

• blue beryl

Translations

gem

• Armenian: բյուրեղ (hy) (byureġ)
• Bengali: বেরিলো (berilō)
• Bulgarian: берил m (beril)
• Catalan: beril m
• Cherokee: ᏇᎵ (queli)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 綠柱石／绿柱石 (zh) (lǜzhùshí)

• Czech: beryl (cs) m
• Danish: beryl c
• Esperanto: berilo (eo), berilŝtono
• Estonian: berüll
• Finnish: berylli (fi)
• French: béryl (fr) m
• Galician: berilo m
• German: Beryll (de) n
• Greek: βήρυλλος (el) f (víryllos)

  Ancient: βήρυλλος f (bḗrullos)

• Hindi: विडूर m (viḍūr), वैडूर्य (hi) m (vaiḍūrya), वैदूर्य (hi) m (vaidūrya)
• Hungarian: berill (hu)
• Italian: berillo m
• Japanese: 緑柱石 (ja) (りょくちゅうせき, ryokuchūseki)
• Kabuverdianu:

  ALUPEC: beril' m, berilu m

  Bádiu: berilu m

  São Vicente: beril' m

• Kazakh: сутас (kk) (sutas)
• Latin: beryllus m
• Latvian: berils
• Lithuanian: berilas
• Low German: Beryll n
• Maori: perira
• Middle English: beryl
• Mongolian: биндэръяа (binderʺjaa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: beryll m

  Nynorsk: beryll m

• Polish: beryl (pl) m
• Portuguese: berilo (pt) m
• Romanian: beril (ro) m
• Russian: бери́лл (ru) m (beríll)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: берил m

  Roman: beril (sh) m

• Sicilian: birillu m
• Slovak: beryl m
• Spanish: berilo (es) m
• Swahili: zabarajadi
• Swedish: beryll (sv) c
• Tagalog: berilyo
• Thai: เบริล (bee rin)
• Turkish: beril (tr)
• Ukrainian: берил (uk) m (beryl)
• Welsh: beryl m
• Wolof: beril

colour

• Cherokee: ᏇᎵ-ᏌᎪᏂᎨᎢ (queli-sagonigei)
• Latvian: berila krāsa f
• Spanish: berilio (es) m
• Swahili: rangi ya zabarajadi
• Swedish: beryllfärg c

Adjective

beryl (not comparable)

1. Of a dull bluish green colour.

Derived terms

• beryl-spangled tanager
• beryllium
• beryllium oxide
• chrysoberyl

Translations

of a dull bluish green colour

• Latvian: berils, berila krāsas
• Swedish: beryllfärgad (sv)

Related terms

• chrysoprase
• brilliant

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)}
• aquamarine
• emerald
• heliodor
• Madagascar aquamarine
• morganite

Anagrams

• Byler

Cornish

Noun

beryl

1. Soft mutation of peryl.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛrɪl]
• Rhymes: -ɛrɪl

Noun

beryl m inan

1. beryl

Declension

Declension of beryl (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	beryl	beryly
genitive	berylu	berylů
dative	berylu	berylům
accusative	beryl	beryly
vocative	beryle	beryly
locative	berylu	berylech
instrumental	berylem	beryly

Derived terms

• berylový

 

Further reading

• beryl in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• beryl in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

beryl c (singular definite beryllen, plural indefinite beryller)

1. beryl (the mineral and examples of the mineral)

Inflection

Declension of beryl

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	beryl	beryllen	beryller	beryllerne
genitive	beryls	beryllens	beryllers	beryllernes

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːril/
• Hyphenation: be‧ryl
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

beryl n (uncountable)

1. Superseded spelling of beril.

Noun

beryl m (plural beryllen)

1. Superseded spelling of beril.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• beril, berill, berille
• beralle, berel, berell, berelle, berylle, birall, birell, birrall, brill, burel, burell, byrall, byralle, byrell, byryl (Late Middle English)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus (“beryl”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos), from Prakrit (compare Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈriːl/, /bɛˈril/, /ˈbɛril/

Noun

beryl

1. beryl (gemstone of pegmatite)
2. (figuratively, rare) Jesus or the Virgin Mary.

Descendants

• English: beryl

References

• “berī̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish beryl, from French béryl, from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.rɨl/

• beryl

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrɨl
• Syllabification: be‧ryl

Noun

Chemical element
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beryl m inan

1. (uncountable) beryllium (chemical element)
2. (mineralogy, uncountable) beryl (a mineral of pegmatite deposits)
3. (colloquial, firearms, countable) FB Beryl

Declension

Declension of beryl

	singular	plural
nominative	beryl	beryle
genitive	berylu	beryli
dative	berylowi	berylom
accusative	beryl	beryle
instrumental	berylem	berylami
locative	berylu	berylach
vocative	berylu	beryle

Derived terms

adjective

• berylowy

 

noun

• berylowiec

 

Further reading

• beryl in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• beryl in Polish dictionaries at PWN