jewellery

English

Alternative forms

• jewelry (US, sometimes Canada)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English juelrye, from Old French juelerye, equivalent to jewel +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuː(ə)lɹi/, (US, also) /ˈd͡ʒʊ-/

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• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuː(ə)ləɹi/ (this pronunciation gives rise to the Cockney rhyming slang tomfoolery)
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒ(u)welː(a)ri/
• Hyphenation: jew'el‧lery

Noun

jewellery (usually uncountable, plural jewelleries)

1. Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.

   Synonyms: bling, bling-bling, (Cockney rhyming slang) tom, (Cockney rhyming slang) tomfoolery

   She had more jewellery ornamented about her than any three ladies needed.

   • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Fate of the Artemis”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

     “ […] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”

2. (oil industry, informal) Any tools, instruments, devices, etc., placed within a drill pipe.
   • 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 44:

     The rig simply retrieves the old pipe and runs a new pipe back in the hole (the completion string). Any special items on the string other than the pipe itself are referred to as "jewellery". These can be any number of things, from down-hole motors to mandrels and radioactive sources for survey purposes.

3. The shop from which a jeweller trades or makes jewellery

Synonyms

• see also Thesaurus:jewelry

Derived terms

• Jewellery Quarter

Related terms

• chewelry
• costume jewellery
• jewel
• jeweler, jeweller
• jewellery armoire

Translations

personal ornamentation

• Arabic: مُجَوْهَرَات f pl (mujawharāt)
• Armenian: ոսկեղեն (hy) (oskeġen)
• Assamese: গহনা (gohona)
• Belarusian: ювелі́рныя вы́рабы m pl (juvjelírnyja výraby), біжутэ́рыя f (bižutéryja), аздо́бы f pl (azdóby)
• Bulgarian: бижу́та (bg) n pl (bižúta), бижуте́рия f (bižutérija), на́кити (bg) m pl (nákiti)
• Burmese: လက်ဝတ်ရတနာ (lak-watra.ta.na), လက်ဝတ်လက်စား (my) (lak-watlakca:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 首飾 / 首饰 (sau² sik¹)

  Mandarin: 首飾 / 首饰 (zh) (shǒushi), 珠寶 / 珠宝 (zh) (zhūbǎo) (precious jewellery)

• Cornish: gemweyth m
• Czech: klenoty m pl, šperky (cs) m pl
• Danish: smykker n pl
• Estonian: ehted pl
• Finnish: korut (fi) pl
• French: joaillerie (fr) f, bijoux (fr) m pl
• Galician: xoia (gl) f, aderezo (gl) m
• German: Schmuck (de) m
• Greek: κοσμήματα (el) f pl (kosmímata) (pl. of κόσμημα (el) n (kósmima))
• Guaraní: jeguaka
• Hebrew: תַּכְשִׁיט (he) m sg (takhshítʿ), תַּכְשִׁיטִים m pl (takhshitʿim)
• Hindi: आभूषण (hi) m (ābhūṣaṇ), गहना (hi) m (gahnā)
• Hungarian: ékszer (hu)
• Italian: gioielleria (it) f (for jewellery made of real gold, silver and gemstone), bigiotteria (it) f (for jewellery made of cheaper materials)
• Japanese: 宝飾品 (ja) (ほうしょくひん, hōshokuhin), ジュエリー (juerī)
• Korean: 보석류(寶石類) (boseongnyu), 주얼리 (jueolli), 장신구(裝身具) (jangsin'gu)
• Lao: ຖະໜິມ (tha nim)
• Latin: ōrnāmentum n
• Macedonian: накит m (nakit)
• Malayalam: ആഭരണം (ml) (ābharaṇaṁ)
• Maori: whakapīwari, taonga whakarākei
• Marathi: दागिने ? (dāgine), दागदागिने ? (dāgdāgine), जडजवाहिर ? (jaḍajvāhir)
• Navajo: ílį́įgo naalyéhé
• Pashto: ګاڼه f (gānna), کالي (ps) m pl (kāli), جواهر (ps) m pl (jawāher)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: جَواهِر (javâher), جَواهِرات pl (javâherât)

• Polish: biżuteria (pl) f
• Portuguese: joias (pt) f pl, joalheria (pt) f
• Romanian: bijuterii f pl
• Russian: ювели́рные изде́лия n pl (juvelírnyje izdélija), драгоце́нности (ru) f pl (dragocénnosti), бижуте́рия (ru) f (bižutɛ́rija), украше́ния (ru) n pl (ukrašénija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: на́кит m

  Roman: nákit (sh) m

• Slovak: klenoty m pl, šperky m pl
• Slovene: nakit m
• Spanish: joyería (es) f, joyas (es) f pl, alhajas (es) f pl, alhaites m pl (disused), joyeles (es) m pl (small)
• Swedish: smycke (sv) n
• Tagalog: alahas (tl)
• Tajik: заргарӣ (zargari), ҷавоҳирот (tg) pl (javohirot)
• Thai: อัญมณี (th) (an-yá-má-nii)
• Turkish: mücevherat (tr), ziynet (tr)
• Ukrainian: прикра́си f pl (prykrásy), ювелі́рні прикра́си f pl (juvelírni prykrásy), ювелі́рні ви́роби m pl (juvelírni výroby), біжуте́рія (uk) f (bižutérija)
• Urdu: جَواہِرات m pl (javāhirāt), جَواہِر m (javāhir)
• Uzbek: javohirot (uz) pl
• Vietnamese: đồ châu báu, đồ nữ trang (for women), đồ kim hoàn
• Welsh: gemwaith m
• Yiddish: צירונג f (tsirung)