English gemstones Etymology From Middle English gimstone gemme ȝimston ȝimstan Old English gimstān ( “ a gem; jewel; precious stone ” ) , equivalent to gem stone Icelandic gimsteinn ( “ jewel; gem ” ) .
Pronunciation Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL . IPA (key ) : /ˈdʒɛmˌstoʊn/ Noun gemstone (plural gemstones
A gem , usually made of minerals. Synonyms Translations a gem
Arabic: جَوْهَر (ar) m ( jawhar ) , جَوْهَرَة f ( jawhara ) ( singulative )
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 ／ 宝石 (zh) ( bǎoshí ) , 宝石 (zh) ( bǎoshí )
Czech: klenot m drahokam (cs) m
Danish: ædelsten c
Dutch: edelsteen (nl) m
Esperanto: gemo
Finnish: jalokivi (fi)
French: pierre précieuse (fr) f joyau (fr) m
Galician: pedra preciosa 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 )
Khmer: ត្បូង (km) ( tboung ) , មណី (km) ( mĕəʼnii )
Korean: 보석 (ko) ( boseok ) (寶石 (ko) )
Lao: ພອຽ ( phǭi ) , ມະນີ ( ma nī ) , ຣະຕະນະ ( ra ta na )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Latin: gemma f
Latvian: dārgakmens m
Lithuanian: brangakmenis m
Macedonian: скапоцен камен m ( skapocen kamen )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: edelstein (no) m edelsten (no) m smykkestein m
Nynorsk: edelstein m smykkestein m
Pashto: غمی (ps) m ( ǧamáy )
Persian: نگین (fa) ( negin ) , گوهر (fa) ( gowhar )
Polish: klejnot (pl) m kamień szlachetny (pl) m
Portuguese: pedra preciosa (pt) f gema (pt) f
Romanian: piatră prețioasă (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
Thai: พลอย (th) ( plɔɔi ) , จินดา ( jin-daa ) , รัตน์ (th) ( rát )
Ukrainian: дорогоці́нний ка́мінь m ( dorohocínnyj káminʹ ) , кошто́вний ка́мінь m ( koštóvnyj káminʹ ) , самоцві́т m ( samocvít )
Vietnamese: đá quý
Welsh: tlysfaen m tlysfeini m pl
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