gemstone

English

gemstones

Etymology

From Middle English gimstone, alteration (due to Middle English gemme) of earlier ȝimston, ȝimstan, from Old English ġimstān, ġymstān (“gem; jewel; precious stone”), equivalent to gem +‎ stone. Compare Icelandic gimsteinn (“jewel; gem”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛmˌstoʊn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmstoʊn

Noun

gemstone (plural gemstones)

1. A gem, usually made of minerals.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gemstone

Translations

gem

• Afrikaans: edelsteen
• Arabic: جَوْهَر‎ (ar) m (jawhar), جَوْهَرَة‎ f (jawhara) (singulative)
• Bashkir: аҫыл таш (aθïl taš)
• Belarusian: кашто́ўны ка́мень m (kaštóŭny kámjenʹ), самацве́т m (samacvjét)
• Bulgarian: скъпоце́нен ка́мък m (skǎpocénen kámǎk)
• Burmese: ရတနာ (my) (ra.ta.na)
• Catalan: pedra preciosa f, gemma (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寶石 (zh), 宝石 (zh) (bǎoshí)

• Czech: klenot m, drahokam (cs) m
• Danish: ædelsten c
• Dutch: edelsteen (nl) m
• Emilian: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: gemo
• Estonian: kalliskivi
• Finnish: jalokivi (fi)
• French: pierre précieuse (fr) f, joyau (fr) m
• Galician: pedra preciosa (gl) f, xema (gl) f, xoia (gl) f
• German: Edelstein (de) m, Juwel (de) n, Kleinod (de) n
• Hebrew: אֶבֶן יְקָרָה‎ f (éven yekará)
• Hindi: मणि (hi) m (maṇi), रत्न (hi) m (ratna), पत्थर (hi) m (patthar)
• Icelandic: gimsteinn (is) m
• Indonesian: batu akik (id)
• Italian: pietra preziosa f, gemma (it) f
• Japanese: 宝石 (ja) (ほうせき, hōseki)
• Kazakh: асыл тас (asıl tas)
• Khmer: ត្បូង (km) (tboung), មណី (km) (mĕəʼnii)
• Korean: 보석(寶石) (ko) (boseok)
• Kyrgyz: асыл таш (asıl taş)
• Lao: ພອຽ (phǭi), ມະນີ (ma nī), ຣະຕະນະ (ra ta na)
• Latin: gemma f
• Latvian: dārgakmens m
• Ligurian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: brangakmenis m
• Lombard: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: скапоцен камен m (skapocen kamen)

• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Malayalam: രത്നം (ml) (ratnaṃ), രത്നക്കല്ല് (ratnakkallŭ)
• Maori: pōhatu māpuna
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: edelstein (no) m, edelsten (no) m, smykkestein m, smykkesten m

  Nynorsk: edelstein m, smykkestein m

• Old English: ġimstān m, ġymstān m
• Old Norse: gimsteinn m
• Pali: please add this translation if you can
• Pashto: غمی‎ (ps) m (ǧamáy)
• Persian: نگین‎ (fa) (negin), گوهر‎ (fa) (gowhar), گوهرسنگ‎ (fa) (goharsang)
• Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: klejnot (pl) m, kamień szlachetny (pl) m
• Portuguese: pedra preciosa (pt) f, gema (pt) f
• Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: piatră prețioasă (ro) f, piatră nestemată (ro) f
• Russian: драгоце́нный ка́мень (ru) m (dragocénnyj kámenʹ), самоцве́т (ru) m (samocvét)
• Sanskrit: मणि (sa) m (maṇi), रत्न (sa) n (ratna)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: драгуљ m

  Roman: dragulj (sh) m

• Slovak: klenot m, drahokam m
• Slovene: dragulj (sl) m
• Spanish: piedra preciosa (es) f, joya (es) f, alhaja (es) f
• Swedish: ädelsten (sv) c
• Tagalog: hiyas
• Tajik: чавхар (čavxar), гавҳар (gavhar)
• Thai: พลอย (th) (plɔɔi), จินดา (jin-daa), รัตน์ (th) (rát)
• Tocharian B: wamer, naumiye, prāp
• Ugaritic: 𐎑𐎅𐎗 (ẓhr)
• Ukrainian: дорогоці́нний ка́мінь m (dorohocínnyj káminʹ), кошто́вний ка́мінь m (koštóvnyj káminʹ), самоцві́т m (samocvít)
• Uzbek: gavhar (uz)
• Vietnamese: đá quý
• Welsh: tlysfaen m, tlysfeini m pl

Further reading

• gemstone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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