jacinth

See also: Jacinth

English

Alternative forms

• iacinth, iacinct (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English jacynct, partly from Old French jacincte, and partly from Old English iacinþ, both from Medieval Latin jacintus, jacinthus, from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos). Doublet of hyacinth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæ.sɪnθ/, /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.sɪnθ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

jacinth (countable and uncountable, plural jacinths)

1. A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone; a hyacinth.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 21:20:

     The fift Sardonix, the sixt Sardius, the seuenth Chrysolite, the eight Beryl, the ninth a Topas, the tenth a Chrysoprasus, the eleuenth a Iacinct, the twelfth an Amethyst.

Translations

a gemstone

• Bulgarian: хиацинт m (hiacint)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ὑάκινθος m (huákinthos)

• Māori: hakiniti
• Middle English: jacynct
• Polish: hiacynt (pl) m
• Portuguese: jacinto (pt) m
• Russian: гиаци́нт (ru) m (giacínt)
• Welsh: maen iasinth m, iasinth m

See also

• ligure