English [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] From Middle English dyamaunt Old French diamant Late Latin diamas Latin adamas Ancient Greek ἀδάμας ( adámas , “ diamond ” ) .
diamond (plural diamonds
( 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 . A gemstone made from this mineral.
2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist [1] 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.
A ring containing a diamond.
What a beautiful engagement diamond .
A very pale blue color/colour.
Something that resembles a diamond.
( geometry ) A rhombus , especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.( geometry ) The polyiamond made up of two triangles.( baseball ) The entire field of play used in the game.( baseball ) The infield of a baseball field.
The teams met on the diamond . ( card games ) A card of the diamonds suit.
I have only one diamond in my hand. ( printing, uncountable , dated ) A size of type , standardised as 4½ point .Synonyms [ edit ] Antonyms [ edit ] (baseball: infield of a baseball field ): outfield Derived terms [ edit ]
Terms derived from the noun "diamond"
Translations [ edit ]
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 )
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 ( hira )
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 )
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) , hột xoàn xoàn (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 ( hira )
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 )
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
Yiddish: דימענט ( diment )
something that resembles a diamond
very pale blue color/colour
geometry: polyiamond
Chinese:
Mandarin: 菱形 (zh) ( língxíng )
baseball: entire baseball field
baseball: infield of a baseball field
card games: card of the diamonds suit
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See also [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] diamond (not comparable )
made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.
He gave her diamond earrings.
of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.
Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.
of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.
Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.
( slang ) First-rate; excellent .
He's a diamond geezer. Translations [ edit ]
made of, or containing diamond
of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary
of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary
diamond (third-person singular simple present diamonds present participle diamonding simple past and past participle diamonded
to adorn with or as if with diamonds Translations [ edit ] Etymology 2 [ edit ] Borrowed from Dutch diamant Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger Perl
diamond (uncountable
( printing, dated ) The size of type between brilliant and pearl , standardized as 4½-point .Further reading [ edit ] “Diamond ” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database [2]
diamond mindat.org [3] 29 August 2016
