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

Noun

diamond (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

See also

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

Translations

uncountable: mineral

• Afrikaans: diamant
• Albanian: diamant (sq) m
• Arabic: أَلْمَاسَة f (ʾalmāsa), أَلْمَاس (ar) m pl (ʾalmās)

  Egyptian Arabic: الماظة f (almaẓa), الماسة f (almasa), الماظ m pl (almaẓ), الماس m pl (almas)

• Armenian: ադամանդ (hy) (adamand), ալմաստ (hy) (almast)
• Asturian: diamante m
• Azeri: almaz (az)
• Bashkir: алмас (almas) (uncut), гәүһәр (gäwhär), бриллиант (brilliant) (cut)
• Belarusian: алма́з m (almáz), дыяме́нт m (dyjamjént)
• Bengali: হীরা (hira)
• Bulgarian: диама́нт (bg) m (diamánt)
• Burmese: စိန် (my) (cin)
• Catalan: diamant (ca) m
• Central Melanau: itan
• Chinese:

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

• Classical Nahuatl: tlacuāhuac tecpatl
• Crimean Tatar: elmaz
• Czech: diamant (cs) m
• Danish: diamant (da) c
• Dutch: diamant (nl)
• 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) (hīro)
• Hausa: daimon (ha)
• Hindi: हीरा (hi) m (hīrā)
• Hungarian: gyémánt (hu)
• Iban: intan
• Icelandic: demantur (is) n
• Indonesian: intan (id)
• 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)

• Kazakh: алмаз (almaz)
• Khmer: ពេជ្រ (km) (pɨc)
• Kyrgyz: алмаз (ky) (almaz)
• Lao: ເພັດ (lo) (phet)
• Latvian: dimants m
• Lithuanian: deimantas m
• Macedonian: дијама́нт m (dijamánt)
• Malay: intan, almas
• Maori: taimana
• Mongolian: алмааз (almaaz)
• Norwegian: diamant (no)
• Persian: الماس (fa) (almâs)
• Polish: diament (pl) m
• Portuguese: diamante (pt) m
• Romanian: diamant (ro) n
• Romansch: diamant m
• Russian: алма́з (ru) m (almáz), диама́нт (ru) m (diamánt) (archaic), адама́нт (ru) m (adamánt) (archaic)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дијамант m

  Roman: dijamant (sh) m

• Slovak: diamant (sk) m
• Slovene: diamánt (sl) m, démant m
• Spanish: diamante (es) m
• Swahili: almasi (sw)
• Swedish: diamant (sv) c
• Tajik: алмос (almos)
• Tatar: алмаз (almaz)
• Telugu: వజ్రం (te) (vajraṃ)
• Thai: เพชร (th) (pét)
• Tok Pisin: daimen
• Turkish: elmas (tr)
• Turkmen: almaz (tk)
• Ukrainian: алма́з (uk) m (almáz), діама́нт m (diamánt)
• Urdu: ہیرا m (hīrā)
• Uyghur: ئالماس (almas)
• Uzbek: olmos (uz)
• Venetian: diamante (vec) m
• Vietnamese: kim cương (vi)
• Welsh: deimwnt m
• West Frisian: diamant
• Yiddish: דימענט m (diment)

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)
• Azeri: 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
• 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)

• Russian: ромб (ru) m (romb)

baseball: entire baseball field

• Catalan: diamant (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: baseballkenttä

• 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

• 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)
• 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
• Hebrew: יהלום (he) m (yahalom)
• Hungarian: káró (hu)

• Icelandic: tígull m
• Irish: muileata m
• Italian: quadri (it) m pl
• Khmer: ការ៉ូ (kaaroo)
• 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
• 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

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)

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

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

Borrowing 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 mindat.org^[3], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016