diamond

See also: Diamond

English

A diamond (2), (3)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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”, American Scientist, 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, dated) A kind of type in English printing, the smallest except for brilliant.

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

Translations

uncountable: mineral

• Afrikaans: diamant
• Albanian: diamant m
• Arabic: الماسة f (almasa), الماس m pl (almas)

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

• Armenian: ադամանդ (hy) (adamand), ալմաստ (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 m
• Central Melanau: itan
• Chinese:

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

• Classical Nahuatl: tlacuāhuac tecpatl
• Czech: diamant (cs) m
• Danish: diamant c
• Dutch: diamant (nl)
• Esperanto: diamanto
• Estonian: teemant
• Faroese: diamantur m
• Finnish: timantti (fi)
• French: diamant (fr) m
• Galician: diamante (gl) m
• Georgian: ალმასი (almasi)
• German: Diamant (de) m
• Greek: διαμάντι (el) n (diamánti)
• Gujarati: હીરો (gu) (hīro)
• 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 (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 m
• Slovene: diamánt 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)
• Uzbek: olmos
• Welsh: deimwnt m
• West Frisian: diamant

gemstone

• Armenian: ադամանդ (hy) (adamand), ալմաստ (almast)
• Azeri: brilyant (az)
• Bashkir: алмас (almas)
• Belarusian: брылья́нт m (brylʹjánt), дыяме́нт m (dyjamjént)
• Bulgarian: диама́нт (bg) m (diamánt), бриля́нт (bg) m (briljánt)
• Burmese: စိန် (my) (cin)
• Catalan: diamant m
• Chinese:

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

• Classical Nahuatl: tlacuāhuac tecpatl
• Czech: diamant (cs) m
• Danish: diamant c
• Dutch: diamant (nl) m
• Esperanto: diamanto
• Estonian: teemant
• Finnish: timantti (fi)
• French: diamant (fr) m
• Galician: diamante (gl) m
• Georgian: ბრილიანტი (brilianti)
• German: Diamant (de) m, Brillant (de) m
• Greek: διαμάντι (el) n (diamánti)
• Hebrew: יהלום (he) m (yahalom)
• Hindi: हीरा (hi) m (hīrā)
• Hungarian: gyémánt (hu)
• Irish: diamant m
• Italian: diamante (it) m

• Japanese: 鑽石 (さんせき, sanseki)
• Khmer: ត្បូងពេជ្រ (tbooŋ pɨc), ពេជ្រ (km) (pɨc)
• Latvian: briljants m
• Lithuanian: briliantas m
• Macedonian: дијама́нт m (dijamánt)
• Malay: intan, almas
• 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)
• Slovak: diamant m
• Slovene: diamánt m, démant m
• Spanish: diamante (es) m, gema (es)
• Swahili: almasi (sw)
• Swedish: brilliant (sv) c, diamant (sv) c
• Telugu: వజ్రం (te) (vajraṃ)
• Tok Pisin: daimen
• Turkish: pırlanta (tr)
• Ukrainian: діама́нт m (diamánt)
• Urdu: ہیرا (hīrā)
• Vietnamese: kim cương (vi)
• Welsh: deimwnt m

diamond ring — see diamond ring

something that resembles a diamond

• Catalan: diamant 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
• 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
• Russian: бейсбо́льная площадка f (bejsbólʹnaja ploščadka)
• Swedish: diamond (sv) c, innerplan c

card games: card of the diamonds suit

• Arabic: الديناري m (ad-dināri)
• Armenian: ագուռ (aguṙ)
• Asturian: diamante m
• Bulgarian: каро́ n (karó)
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: ruder
• Estonian: ruutu
• Finnish: ruutu (fi)
• French: carreau (fr) m
• German: Karo (de) n
• Hebrew: יהלום (he) m (yahalom)

• Hungarian: káró (hu)
• Irish: muileata m
• Khmer: ការ៉ូ (kaaroo)
• Macedonian: каро́ n (karó), ба́клава f (báklava)
• Navajo: óola
• 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

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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.

Translations

made of, or containing diamond

• Bulgarian: диамантен (diamanten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 鑲鑽石的, simpl. 镶钻石的 (xiāngzuànshíde)

• Macedonian: дијамантски (dijamántski)

• Polish: diamentowy (pl) m
• Russian: алмазный (ru) (almáznyj)
• Swedish: diamant- (sv)

of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary

• Bulgarian: диамантен (diamanten)
• Macedonian: дијамантски (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

See also

• rhinestone
• Wikipedia article on diamonds