diamond

See also: Diamond

English

A diamond (2), (3)

Pronunciation

• enPR: dī'əmənd, IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ(ə)mənd/

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Etymology 1

From Middle English dyamaunt, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamas, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “diamond”).

Noun

diamond (countable and uncountable, plural diamonds)

1. (uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.

   The saw is coated with diamond.

2. A gemstone made from this mineral.
   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, 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.

   The dozen loose diamonds sparkled in the light.

3. A ring containing a diamond.

   What a beautiful engagement diamond.

4. A very pale blue color/colour.

   diamond color:

5. Something that resembles a diamond.
6. (geometry) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
7. (geometry) The polyiamond made up of two triangles.
8. (baseball) The entire field of play used in the game.
9. (baseball) The infield of a baseball field.

   The teams met on the diamond.

10. (card games) A card of the diamonds suit.

    I have only one diamond in my hand.

11. (printing, uncountable, dated) A size of type, standardised as 4½ point.

Synonyms

• (gemstone): sparkler (informal)
• (ring): diamond ring
• (something that resembles a diamond): adamant
• (geometry: rhombus): lozenge, rhomb, rhombus
• (geometry: polyiamond): 2-iamond
• (baseball: entire baseball field): ball field, baseball field
• (baseball: infield of a baseball field): baseball diamond, infield

Antonyms

• (baseball: infield of a baseball field): outfield

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun "diamond"

• adamantine
• baseball diamond
• blood diamond
• black diamond
• deadly diamond of death
• demantoid
• diamantine
• diamond anniversary
• diamonds are forever
• diamond bird
• diamond geezer
• diamonds are a girl's best friend
• diamond jubilee
• diamond problem
• diamond python
• diamond ring effect

• diamond-shaped
• diamond turbot
• diamond wedding
• diamond willow
• diamondback
• diamondback moth
• diamondiferous
• hyperdiamond
• Killiecrankie diamond
• nanodiamond
• pink diamond
• rough diamond

Translations

uncountable: mineral

• Abaza: алмаз (ālmāz)
• Abkhaz: алмас (ālmās)
• Afrikaans: diamant (af)
• Albanian: diamant (sq) m
• Arabic: أَلْمَاس‎ (ar) m (ʾalmās)

  Egyptian Arabic: الماظ‎ m pl (almaẓ), الماس‎ m pl (almas)

• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܐܵܠܡܵܣ‎, ܐܵܕܵܡܘܿܣ‎, ܡܵܫܘܿܫܵܐ‎

• Armenian: ադամանդ (hy) (adamand), ալմաստ (hy) (almast)
• Assamese: হীৰা (hira)
• Asturian: diamante m
• Avar: алмас (almas)
• Azerbaijani: almaz (az)
• Bambara: lúulu, jaman
• Bashkir: алмас (almas) (uncut), гәүһәр (gäwhär), бриллиант (brilliant) (cut)
• Belarusian: алма́з m (almáz), дыяме́нт m (dyjamjént)
• Bengali: হীরা (hīra)
• Bulgarian: диама́нт (bg) m (diamánt), елмаз (bg) m (elmaz)
• Burmese: စိန် (my) (cin)
• Catalan: diamant (ca) m
• Central Melanau: itan
• Cherokee: ᏅᏯ ᎤᏥᏍᏓᎷᎩᏍᎩ (nvya utsisdalugisgi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 金剛石 (gam¹ gong¹ sek⁶)

  Hakka: 金剛石 (kîm-kong-sa̍k)

  Mandarin: 金剛石 (zh), 金刚石 (zh) (jīngāngshí)

  Min Nan: 金剛石 (kim-kong-chio̍h)

• Classical Nahuatl: tlacuāhuac tecpatl
• Cornish: adamant m
• Crimean Tatar: elmaz
• Czech: diamant (cs) m
• Danish: diamant (da) c
• Dutch: diamant (nl) n
• Esperanto: diamanto
• Estonian: teemant
• Faroese: diamantur m
• Finnish: timantti (fi)
• French: diamant (fr) m
• Gagauz: almaz
• Galician: diamante (gl) m
• Georgian: ალმასი (almasi)
• German: Diamant (de) m
• Greek: διαμάντι (el) n (diamánti)

  Ancient Greek: ἀδάμας m (adámas)

• Gujarati: હીરો (gu) m (hīro)
• Hausa: daimon (ha) m
• Hawaiian: kaimana
• Hiligaynon: batongmaidlak
• Hindi: हीरा (hi) m (hīrā)
• Hungarian: gyémánt (hu)
• Iban: intan
• Icelandic: demantur (is) n
• Indonesian: intan (id)
• Interlingue: diamante
• Irish: diamant m, diamaint m pl
• Istriot: giamanto m
• Italian: diamante (it) m
• Japanese: 金剛石 (ja) (こんごうせき, kongōseki), ダイヤモンド (ja) (daiyamondo), ダイヤ (ja) (daiya)
• Kannada: ವಜ್ರ (kn) (vajra)
• Kashubian: diamańt m
• Kazakh: алмаз (almaz)
• Khmer: ពេជ្រ (km) (pɨc)
• Korean: 다이아몬드 (ko) (daiamondeu)
• Kyrgyz: алмаз (ky) (almaz)
• Ladino: diyamante m

• Lak: алмас (almas)
• Lao: ເພັດ (lo) (phet)
• Latvian: dimants m
• Lezgi: алмас (almas)
• Lithuanian: deimantas m
• Luxembourgish: Diamant m
• Macedonian: дијама́нт m (dijamánt)
• Malagasy: diamondra (mg)
• Malay: intan, almas
• Malayalam: വജ്രം (ml) (vajraṃ)
• Maori: taimana
• Marathi: हिरा m (hirā)
• Middle Persian: ʾlmʾs (almās)
• Mongolian: алмааз (almaaz)
• Newari: हेरा (herā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diamant (no) m

  Nynorsk: diamant m

• Occitan: diamant (oc) m
• Oriya: ଡାଏମନ୍ (or) (ḍaemôn)
• Papiamentu: djamanta
• Persian: الماس‎ (fa) (almâs)
• Polish: diament (pl) m
• Portuguese: diamante (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਹੀਰਾ m (hīrā)
• Romanian: diamant (ro) n
• Romansch: diamant m, diamànt m (Sutsilvan)
• Russian: алма́з (ru) m (almáz), диама́нт (ru) m (diamánt) (archaic), адама́нт (ru) m (adamánt) (archaic)
• S'gaw Karen: တၢ်မျၢ်ပလဲ (ta̱mla̱pəlɛ)
• Sanskrit: वज्रम् (sa) m (vajram), अविक (sa) n (avika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дијамант m

  Roman: dijamant (sh) m

• Slovak: diamant (sk) m
• Slovene: diamánt (sl) m, démant m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: dejmant m

• Spanish: diamante (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: dyamanti
• Swahili: almasi (sw) class 9/10
• Swedish: diamant (sv) c
• Tabasaran: алмас (almas)
• Tajik: алмос (almos)
• Tamil: வைரம் (ta) (vairam)
• Tarantino: diamande
• Tatar: алмаз (almaz)
• Telugu: వజ్రం (te) (vajraṃ), వజ్రము (te) (vajramu)
• Thai: เพชร (th) (pét)
• Tibetan: རྡོ་རྗེ (rdo rje)
• Tigrinya: ኣልማዝ (ʾalmaz)
• Tok Pisin: daimen
• Turkish: elmas (tr)
• Turkmen: almaz (tk)
• Ukrainian: алма́з (uk) m (almáz), діама́нт m (diamánt)
• Urdu: ہیرا‎ m (hīrā), الماس‎ m (almās)
• Uyghur: ئالماس‎ (almas)
• Uzbek: olmos (uz)
• Venetian: diamante (vec) m
• Vietnamese: kim cương (vi)
• Vilamovian: djēmyt m
• Welsh: deimwnt m
• West Frisian: diamant c
• Xhosa: idayimani
• Yiddish: דימענט‎ m (diment)
• Zulu: idayimane class 5/6

gemstone

• Albanian: diamant (sq) m, brilant (sq) m

  Arbëresh: padamar

• Arabic: مَاس‎ m (mās), أَلْمَاسَة‎ f (ʾalmāsa) (singulative), أَلْمَاس‎ (ar) m (ʾalmās) (collective)
• Armenian: ադամանդ (hy) (adamand), ալմաստ (hy) (almast)
• Azerbaijani: brilyant (az)
• Bashkir: алмас (almas)
• Belarusian: брылья́нт m (brylʹjánt), дыяме́нт m (dyjamjént)
• Bengali: হীরা (hīra)
• Bulgarian: диама́нт (bg) m (diamánt), бриля́нт (bg) m (briljánt)
• Burmese: စိန် (my) (cin)
• Catalan: diamant (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鑽石 (zyun³ sek⁶)

  Mandarin: 鑽石 (zh), 钻石 (zh) (zuànshí)

  Minnan: 璇石 (soān-chio̍h)

• Classical Nahuatl: tlacuāhuac tecpatl
• Cornish: adamant
• Czech: diamant (cs) m
• Danish: diamant (da) c
• Dutch: diamant (nl) m
• Esperanto: diamanto
• Estonian: teemant
• Faroese: diamantur m
• Finnish: timantti (fi)
• French: diamant (fr) m
• Galician: diamante (gl) m
• Georgian: ბრილიანტი (brilianṭi), ანდამატი (andamaṭi)
• German: Diamant (de) m, Brillant (de) m
• Greek: διαμάντι (el) n (diamánti)

  Ancient Greek: ἀδάμας m (adámas)

• Hebrew: יַהֲלוֹם‎ (he) m (yahalom)
• Hindi: हीरा (hi) m (hīrā)
• Hungarian: gyémánt (hu)
• Icelandic: demantur (is) m
• Indonesian: berlian (id)
• Irish: diamant m
• Italian: diamante (it) m
• Japanese: ダイヤモンド (ja) (daiyamondo)
• Kazakh: алмаз (almaz)
• Khmer: ត្បូងពេជ្រ (tbooŋ pɨc), ពេជ្រ (km) (pɨc)
• Korean: 다이아몬드 (ko) (daiamondeu)

• Kyrgyz: алмаз (ky) (almaz)
• Lao: ເພັດ (lo) (phet)
• Latvian: briljants m
• Lithuanian: briliantas m
• Macedonian: дијама́нт m (dijamánt)
• Malay: intan, almas
• Mongolian: алмааз (almaaz)
• Navajo: óola niłtólí, óola niłtólí ílínígíí, tsé diichiłí
• Norwegian: diamant (no)
• Persian: الماس‎ (fa) (almâs)
• Polish: brylant (pl) m
• Portuguese: diamante (pt) m
• Romanian: diamant (ro) n
• Romansch: diamant m
• Russian: алма́з (ru) m (almáz), бриллиа́нт (ru) m (brilliánt), брилья́нт (ru) m (brilʹjánt) (variant of "бриллиант"), брю́лик (ru) m (brjúlik) (slang), диама́нт (ru) (diamánt) (archaic)
• Sanskrit: वज्र (sa) m (vajra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дијамант m

  Roman: dijamant (sh) m

• Sinhalese: දියමන්ති (si) (diyamanti)
• Slovak: diamant (sk) m
• Slovene: diamánt (sl) m, démant m
• Spanish: diamante (es) m, gema (es)
• Swahili: almasi (sw)
• Swedish: brilliant (sv) c, diamant (sv) c
• Tagalog: brilyante, diyamante
• Tajik: алмос (almos)
• Telugu: వజ్రం (te) (vajraṃ)
• Thai: เพชร (th) (pét)
• Tok Pisin: daimen
• Turkish: pırlanta (tr)
• Turkmen: almaz (tk)
• Ukrainian: діама́нт m (diamánt)
• Urdu: ہیرا‎ (hīrā)
• Uyghur: ئالماس‎ (almas)
• Uzbek: olmos (uz), brilliant (uz)
• Vietnamese: kim cương (vi)
• Welsh: deimwnt m, diemwnt m, diemwntau m pl
• Westrobothnian: demant m
• Yiddish: דימענט‎ (diment)

diamond ring — see diamond ring

something that resembles a diamond

• Catalan: diamant (ca) m
• Finnish: timantti (fi)

• Russian: алма́з (ru) m (almáz)
• Swedish: diamant (sv) c

very pale blue color/colour

• Finnish: hailakansininen, hyvin vaalean sininen

• Russian: алма́зный (цвет) (ru) m (almáznyj (cvet))

rhombus — see rhombus

geometry: polyiamond

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 菱形 (zh) (língxíng)

• Irish: muileata m
• Russian: ромб (ru) m (romb)

baseball: entire baseball field

• Catalan: diamant (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 球場 (zh), 球场 (zh) (qiúchǎng)

• Finnish: baseballkenttä

• Irish: diamant m
• Italian: diamante (it) m
• Navajo: jooł bee ninádajiʼneehígi
• Swedish: basebollplan c

baseball: infield of a baseball field

• Catalan: camp interior (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內野, 内野 (nèiyě)

• Finnish: baseballin sisäkenttä
• Irish: diamant m

• Italian: diamante (it) m
• Navajo: jooł bee ninádajiʼneehígi
• Russian: бейсбо́льная площа́дка f (bejsbólʹnaja ploščádka)
• Swedish: diamond (sv) c, innerplan c

card games: card of the diamonds suit

• Arabic: اَلدِّينَارِيّ‎ m (ad-dīnāriyy)
• Armenian: ագուռ (hy) (aguṙ)
• Asturian: diamante m
• Bulgarian: каро́ n (karó)
• Burmese: ချွန်း (my) (hkywan:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 階磚, 阶砖 (gaai¹ zyun¹)

  Mandarin: 方塊 (zh), 方块 (zh) (fāngkuài)

• Czech: káry (cs) f pl, kule (cs) f pl
• Danish: ruder
• Estonian: ruutu
• Finnish: ruutu (fi)
• French: carreau (fr) m
• German: Karo (de) n
• Greek: καρό (el) n (karó)
• Hebrew: יהלום‎ (he) m (yahalom)
• Hungarian: káró (hu)
• Icelandic: tígull m

• Irish: muileata m
• Italian: quadri (it) m pl
• Japanese: ダイヤ (ja) (daiya)
• Khmer: ការ៉ូ (kaaroo)
• Korean: 다이아몬드 (ko) (daiamondeu)
• Macedonian: каро́ n (karó), баклава f (baklava)
• Navajo: óola
• Ojibwe: gaanoo, gakak
• Persian: خشت‎ (fa) (xešt)
• Polish: karo (pl) n
• Portuguese: ouros (pt) m pl
• Russian: бу́бны (ru) f pl (búbny), бу́бна (ru) f (búbna)
• Swahili: uru
• Swedish: ruter (sv) c, ruterkort n
• Thai: ข้าวหลามตัด (th) (kâao-lǎam-dtàt)
• Tok Pisin: daimen
• Welsh: diemwnt m, deimwnt m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} diamantis
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} daimantas

See also

• argyle
• carbonado
• diamante
• paragon
• chlenter
• rhinestone

Adjective

diamond (not comparable)

1. made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.

   He gave her diamond earrings.

2. of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.

   Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.

3. of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.

   Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.

4. (slang) First-rate; excellent.

   He's a diamond geezer.

Translations

made of, or containing diamond

• Bulgarian: диамантен (diamanten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鑽石 (zh), 钻石 (zh) (zuànshí)

• Czech: diamantový (cs)
• Irish: diamaint

• Macedonian: дијама́нтски (dijamántski)
• Polish: diamentowy (pl) m
• Russian: алма́зный (ru) (almáznyj)
• Swedish: diamant- (sv)
• Ukrainian: діамантовий (diamantovyj)

of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary

• Bulgarian: диамантен (diamanten)
• Macedonian: дијама́нтски (dijamántski)

• Polish: diamentowa f
• Swedish: 60-års- (sv)

of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary

• Polish: brylantowa f

• Swedish: 75-års- (sv)

Verb

diamond (third-person singular simple present diamonds, present participle diamonding, simple past and past participle diamonded)

1. to adorn with or as if with diamonds

Translations

to adorn with diamonds

• Dutch: inleggen met diamant
• French: diamanter (fr)

• Swedish: diamantbelägga

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger Perl.

Noun

diamond (uncountable)

1. (printing, dated) The size of type between brilliant and pearl, standardized as 4½-point.

Further reading

• “Diamond” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database^[2], 1997–.
• “diamond”, in Mindat.org‎^[3], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.