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”), in turn borrowed from Middle Indic forms like Pali veḷuriya or Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀅 (verulia), from Dravidian, probably named after Velur (modern day Belur) in southern India.

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^[2], 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 […]

   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 5:

     His buskins were laced with gold, and from his belt hung a sword, narrow of blade and keen, the hilt rough with beryls and black diamonds.

3. (uncountable) A dull blueish green color.

   beryl:  

Derived terms

• beryllate
• berylline
• beryl-spangled tanager
• 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

• Old Church Slavonic: воурилъ m (vurilŭ)
• Polish: beryl (pl) m
• Portuguese: berilo (pt) m
• Romanian: beril (ro) n
• Russian: бери́лл (ru) m (beríll)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: берил m

  Roman: beril (sh) m

• Sicilian: birillu m
• Slovak: beryl (sk) m
• Spanish: berilo (es) m
• Sundanese: béril
• 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

bluesedit

• Alice blue
• aqua
• aquamarine
• azure
• baby blue
• beryl
• bice
• bice blue
• blueberry
• blue green
• blue violet
• 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
• sky blue
• slate blue
• teal
• turquoise
• ultramarine
• Wedgwood blue
• zaffre

• 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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “beryl”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 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

Further reading

• “beryl” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Noun

beryl n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. superseded spelling of beril

Noun

beryl m (plural beryllen, no diminutive)

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).

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.

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French béryl. First attested in 1472.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /bɛrilʲ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /bɛrilʲ/

Noun

beryl m animacy unattested

1. (mineralogy) beryl (mineral of pegmatite deposits)
   • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[3], number 1856:

     *Berzyl erilla

     [Beryl erilla]

Descendants

• Polish: beryl

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “beryl”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Alternative forms

• berył (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish beryl.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.rɘl/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.rɨl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrɘl
• Syllabification: be‧ryl

Noun

Chemical element
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beryl m inan (related adjective berylowy)

1. (uncountable) beryllium (chemical element)
2. (mineralogy, countable) beryl (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

nouns

• berylowiec

Further reading

• beryl in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• beryl in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “beryl”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Danuta Lankiewicz (11.07.2007), “BERYL”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “beryl”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “beryl”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “beryl”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 117
• beryl in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈberil]
• Hyphenation: be‧ryl

Noun

beryl m inan (relational adjective berylový)

1. beryl

Declension

Declension of beryl
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	beryl	beryly
genitive	berylu	berylov
dative	berylu	berylom
accusative	beryl	beryly
locative	beryle	beryloch
instrumental	berylom	berylmi

Further reading

• “beryl”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025