diamanté

See also: diamante

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French diamanté. From past participle of diamanter (“adorn with diamonds”), from diamant (“diamond”), from oblique stem of Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “hard metal, diamond”).

Noun

diamanté (plural diamantés)

1. Alternative spelling of diamante.

Anagrams

• Mandaite, aminated, animated

French

Etymology

First attested in 1904, from past participle of diamanter (“adorn with diamonds”), from diamant (“diamond”), from oblique stem of Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “hard metal, diamond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dja.mɑ̃.te/
• Homophones: diamantai, diamantée, diamantées, diamanter, diamantés, diamantez

Participle

diamanté (feminine diamantée, masculine plural diamantés, feminine plural diamantées)

1. past participle of diamanter

Adjective

diamanté (feminine diamantée, masculine plural diamantés, feminine plural diamantées)

1. adorned with diamonds

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• amendait, damaient

Spanish

Verb

diamanté

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of diamantar