diamante

See also: diamanté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French diamanté (“adorned with diamonds”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪəˈmɒnti/

Noun

diamante (plural diamantes)

1. An artificial diamond used as adornment, such as a rhinestone.
2. A diamante poem.

Adjective

diamante (comparative more diamante, superlative most diamante)

1. covered in diamante decorations
2. shiny or iridescent, as if covered in or made of diamonds

Anagrams

• Mandaite, aminated, animated

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Afrikaans

Noun

diamante

1. plural of diamant

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Asturian

Noun

diamante m (plural diamantes)

1. diamond

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dja.mɑ̃t/
• Homophones: diamantent, diamantes

Verb

diamante

1. inflection of diamanter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• amendait, damaient

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Galician

Noun

diamante m (plural diamantes)

1. diamond
2. (card games) diamond (a playing card of the suit diamonds, diamantes)

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Interlingue

Noun

1. diamond

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Italian

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin diamas, diamantis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin adamās, adamantis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible, untamed; hard substance”), from ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + δαμάζω (damázō, “to overpower, tame, conquer”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

Noun

diamante m (plural diamanti)

1. diamond (all senses)
2. (sports, baseball) baseball field, ball field, sandlot baseball diamond
3. The crown of an anchor

Derived terms

Derived terms

• diamantare
• diamantato
• diamantifero

• diamantina
• nanodiamante

Etymology 2

A calque of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger pearl.

Noun

diamante m (plural diamanti)

1. excelsior (a small size of type, standardized to 3 point)

Anagrams

• andatemi
• dimenata
• mandiate

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Portuguese

diamante

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin diamas, diamantis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin adamās, adamantis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible, untamed; hard substance”), from ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + δαμάζω (damázō, “to overpower, tame, conquer”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djɐ.ˈmɐ̃.tɨ/
• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒja.ˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
• IPA^(key): /dja.ˈmɐ̃.ti/
• Hyphenation: di‧a‧man‧te
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ntʃi

Noun

diamante m (plural s)

1. Diamond

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djaˈmante/ [d̪jaˈmãn̪.t̪e]

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin diamas, alteration of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin adamās, (see adamante), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās) "unconquerable, invincible". More at diamond.

Noun

diamante m (plural diamantes)

1. diamond
2. (card games) diamond (a playing card of the suit diamonds, diamantes)

Derived terms

• diamantífero
• diamantino

Etymology 2

A calque of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger pearl.

Noun

diamante m (plural diamantes)

1. excelsior (a small size of type, standardized to 3 point)

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001