jade

See also: Jade, jáde, jäde, jadę, јаде, and яде

English

A jadeite ball

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l’ejade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (jade was thought to cure pains in the side.).

Noun

jade (usually uncountable, plural jades)

2. A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
   • 2012 March, 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.

3. A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.

   jade:  

Synonyms

• (color): jade green
• (stone): jadestone / jade stone, yu

Derived terms

• jade gate
• jade green
• jadeite
• jade plant
• jade stalk
• pseudojade

 

Translations

gem

• Afrikaans: jade (af)
• Arabic: يَشْم m (yašm), يَشْب m (yašb)
• Armenian: նեֆրիտ (hy) (nefrit)
• Basque: jade
• Belarusian: нефры́т m (njefrýt), жад m (žad)
• Bulgarian: нефрит m (nefrit)
• Burmese: ကျောက်စိမ်း (my) (kyaukcim:)
• Catalan: jade (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 玉 (zh) (yù), 玉石 (zh) (yùshí)

• Czech: jadeit m
• Danish: jade (da) n
• Dutch: jade (nl) n
• Esperanto: jado (eo)
• Faroese: játa f, jada f
• Finnish: jade (fi)
• French: jade (fr) m
• Galician: xade m
• Georgian: ნეფრიტი (nepriṭi)
• German: Jade (de)
• Greek: νεφρίτης (el) m (nefrítis)
• Hungarian: jáde (hu)
• Ido: jado (io)
• Indonesian: giok (id)
• Irish: séad
• Italian: giada (it) f
• Japanese: 翡翠 (ひすい, hisui)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Javanese: giok
• Korean: 비취 (bichwi), 옥 (ko) (ok), 경옥 (gyeong'ok)
• Latin: jadeītēs m
• Macedonian: жад m (žad)
• Malay: jed
• Maori: pounamu (mi)
• Nahuatl: chalchiuitl
• Norwegian: jade (no)

  Bokmål: jade (no)

  Nynorsk: jade

• Persian: یشم سبز (yašm-e sabz)
• Polish: żad m
• Portuguese: jade (pt) m
• Romanian: jad (ro) n
• Russian: нефри́т (ru) m (nefrít) (nephrite), жадеи́т (ru) m (žadeít) (jadeite), жад (ru) m (žad)
• Spanish: jade (es) m
• Swahili: yakuti kijani
• Swedish: jade (sv)
• Tagalog: hade
• Thai: หยก (yòk)
• Tibetan: གཡང་ཊི (g.yang ṭi)
• Turkish: yeşim (tr)
• Ukrainian: нефри́т m (nefrýt), жад m (žad)
• Uyghur: قاشتاش (qashtash)
• Vietnamese: ngọc thạch (vi)

colour

• Danish: jadegrøn c
• Dutch: jadegroen n
• Finnish: jadenvihreä
• Hungarian: jádezöld
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• Norwegian: jadegrønn
• Persian: یشمی (fa) (yašmi)
• Romanian: verde ca jadul
• Swahili: rangi ya yakuti kijani

See also

other terms of interest

• californite
• greenstone
• nephrite

• yulan
• Appendix:Colors

Adjective

jade (not comparable)

1. Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, either a variant of yaud or merely influenced by it. Yaud derives from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse jalda (“mare”), from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  language, such as (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Moksha эльде (eľďe) or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Erzya эльде (eľďe). See yaud for more.

Noun

jade (plural jades)

1. A horse too old to be put to work.
   • 1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, London: R. & J. Dodsley, Volume I, Chapter 10, p. 36,^[2]

     Let that be as it may, as my purpose is to do exact justice to every creature brought upon the stage of this dramatic work,—I could not stifle this distinction in favour of Don Quixote’s horse;—in all other points the parson’s horse, I say, was just such another,—for he was as lean, and as lank, and as sorry a jade, as HUMILITY herself could have bestrided.

   • 1817, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, Chapter 11,^[3]

     My horse would have trotted to Clifton within the hour, if left to himself, and I have almost broke my arm with pulling him in to that cursed broken-winded jade’s pace.

2. (especially derogatory) A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.
   • c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Act I, Scene 1,^[4]

     You always end with a jade’s trick: I know you of old.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume I, Book I, Chapter 4, p. 14,^[5]

     However, what she withheld from the Infant, she bestowed with the utmost Profuseness on the poor unknown Mother, whom she called an impudent Slut, a wanton Hussy, an audacious Harlot, a wicked Jade, a vile Strumpet, with every other Appellation with which the Tongue of Virtue never fails to lash those who bring a Disgrace on the Sex.

   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 9:

     Sir Pitt Crawley was a philosopher with a taste for what is called low life. His first marriage with the daughter of the noble Binkie had been made under the auspices of his parents; and as he often told Lady Crawley in her lifetime she was such a confounded quarrelsome high-bred jade that when she died he was hanged if he would ever take another of her sort ...

Synonyms

• (old horse): nag, yaud
• (bad-tempered woman): See Thesaurus:shrew or Thesaurus:woman

Translations

old horse

• Bulgarian: кранта (bg) f (kranta)
• Finnish: luuska (fi)
• French: carne (fr) f
• Georgian: ჯაგლაგი (ka) (ǯaglagi)
• German: Klepper (de), alter Gaul m, Gaul (de) m, Mähre (de) f
• Hungarian: gebe (hu)
• Italian: ronzino (it)
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• Polish: szkapa (pl) f, chabeta (pl) f
• Romanian: mârțoagă (ro) f, gloabă (ro) f
• Russian: кля́ча (ru) f (kljáča)
• Volapük: (male or female) lujevod (vo)

woman

• Finnish: luuska (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Georgian: კადნიერი ქალი (ḳadnieri kali)
• Russian: него́дница (ru) f (negódnica), ба́ба (ru) f (bába), кля́ча (ru) f (kljáča)

Verb

1. To tire, weary or fatigue
   • (Can we date this quote by John Locke and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, […] checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after.

2. (obsolete) To treat like a jade; to spurn.
   • c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act 3, Scene 1:

     The ne'er-yet-beaten horse of Parthia / We have jaded out o'th' field.

3. (obsolete) To make ridiculous and contemptible.
   • c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 5:

     I do not now fool / myself, to let imagination jade me.

Synonyms

• (to tire): See Thesaurus:tire

Derived terms

• jaded

Translations

to tire, weary or fatigue

• Bulgarian: преуморявам (bg) (preumorjavam)
• Finnish: väsyä (fi), kulua (fi) (intr.), väsyttää (fi), kuluttaa (fi) (tr.)
• Georgian: დაღლა (daɣla), დატანჯვა (daṭanǯva)
• Romanian: epuiza (ro), extenua (ro), obosi (ro)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: утомля́ть (ru) (utomljátʹ)

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaːdə/, [ˈjæːð̩]
• Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

jade c (singular definite jaden, uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) jade

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑde

Noun

jade

1. (mineralogy) jade

Declension

Inflection of jade (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		jade	jadet
genitive		jaden	jadejen
partitive		jadea	jadeja
illative		jadeen	jadeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		jade	jadet
accusative	nom.	jade	jadet
	gen.	jaden
genitive		jaden	jadejen jadeinrare
partitive		jadea	jadeja
inessive		jadessa	jadeissa
elative		jadesta	jadeista
illative		jadeen	jadeihin
adessive		jadella	jadeilla
ablative		jadelta	jadeilta
allative		jadelle	jadeille
essive		jadena	jadeina
translative		jadeksi	jadeiksi
abessive		jadetta	jadeitta
instructive		—	jadein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of jade (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative jadeni jadeni accusative nom. jadeni jadeni gen. jadeni genitive jadeni jadejeni jadeinirare partitive jadeani jadejani inessive jadessani jadeissani elative jadestani jadeistani illative jadeeni jadeihini adessive jadellani jadeillani ablative jadeltani jadeiltani allative jadelleni jadeilleni essive jadenani jadeinani translative jadekseni jadeikseni abessive jadettani jadeittani instructive — — comitative — jadeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative jadesi jadesi accusative nom. jadesi jadesi gen. jadesi genitive jadesi jadejesi jadeisirare partitive jadeasi jadejasi inessive jadessasi jadeissasi elative jadestasi jadeistasi illative jadeesi jadeihisi adessive jadellasi jadeillasi ablative jadeltasi jadeiltasi allative jadellesi jadeillesi essive jadenasi jadeinasi translative jadeksesi jadeiksesi abessive jadettasi jadeittasi instructive — — comitative — jadeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative jademme jademme accusative nom. jademme jademme gen. jademme genitive jademme jadejemme jadeimmerare partitive jadeamme jadejamme inessive jadessamme jadeissamme elative jadestamme jadeistamme illative jadeemme jadeihimme adessive jadellamme jadeillamme ablative jadeltamme jadeiltamme allative jadellemme jadeillemme essive jadenamme jadeinamme translative jadeksemme jadeiksemme abessive jadettamme jadeittamme instructive — — comitative — jadeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative jadenne jadenne accusative nom. jadenne jadenne gen. jadenne genitive jadenne jadejenne jadeinnerare partitive jadeanne jadejanne inessive jadessanne jadeissanne elative jadestanne jadeistanne illative jadeenne jadeihinne adessive jadellanne jadeillanne ablative jadeltanne jadeiltanne allative jadellenne jadeillenne essive jadenanne jadeinanne translative jadeksenne jadeiksenne abessive jadettanne jadeittanne instructive — — comitative — jadeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative jadensa jadensa accusative nom. jadensa jadensa gen. jadensa genitive jadensa jadejensa jadeinsarare partitive jadeaan jadeansa jadejaan jadejansa inessive jadessaan jadessansa jadeissaan jadeissansa elative jadestaan jadestansa jadeistaan jadeistansa illative jadeensa jadeihinsa adessive jadellaan jadellansa jadeillaan jadeillansa ablative jadeltaan jadeltansa jadeiltaan jadeiltansa allative jadelleen jadellensa jadeilleen jadeillensa essive jadenaan jadenansa jadeinaan jadeinansa translative jadekseen jadeksensa jadeikseen jadeiksensa abessive jadettaan jadettansa jadeittaan jadeittansa instructive — — comitative — jadeineen jadeinensa

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French

Etymology

Rebracketed from earlier l’ejade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (jade was thought to cure pains in the side).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒad/

• Audio:

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Noun

jade m (plural jades)

1. jade

Further reading

• “jade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• déjà

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l’ejade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (jade was thought to cure pains in the side).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -adʒi

Noun

jade m (plural s)

1. jade (gem)

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

jade (Cyrillic spelling јаде)

1. vocative singular of jad

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Spanish

Etymology

From French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l’ejade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (jade was thought to cure pains in the side).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxa.ðe], [ˈxa.de]
• See also: jadee

Noun

jade m (plural jades)

1. (mineralogy) jade

Derived terms

• jadeíta

Anagrams

• deja