jewellery

English

Alternative forms

• jewelry (US, sometimes Canadian)

Etymology

From Middle English juelrye, from Old French juelerye, equivalent to jewel +‎ -ry.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jo͞oʹəlrē, jo͞olʹrē IPA^(key): /ˈdʒuːəlɹi/, /ˈdʒuːlɹi/
• enPR: jo͞oʹələrē, jo͞oʹlərē IPA^(key): /ˈdʒuːələɹi/, /ˈdʒuːləɹi/ (this pronunciation gives rise to the Cockney rhyming slang tomfoolery)

Noun

jewellery (usually uncountable, plural jewelleries)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling) Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Fate of the Artemis‎^[1]:

     “[…] 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. […]”

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

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

Synonyms

• see also Thesaurus:jewelry

Related terms

• jewel
• jeweler, jeweller

 

Translations

personal ornamentation

• Arabic: مُجَوْهَرَات f pl (mujawharāt)
• Armenian: ոսկեղեն (hy) (oskeġen)
• Assamese: গহনা (gohona)
• Bulgarian: бижута (bg) n pl (bižuta)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 首飾／首饰 (sau² sik¹), 首饰 (sau² sik¹)

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

• Cornish: gemweyth m
• Czech: klenoty 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
• German: Schmuck (de) m
• Greek: κοσμήματα (el) f pl (kosmímata) (pl. of κόσμημα (el) n (kósmima))
• Hindi: जेवर (hi) (jevar), जवाहरात (hi) (javāhrāt)
• 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: 装身具 (そうしんぐ, sōshingu), 宝飾品 (ほうしょくひん, hōshokuhin), ジュエリー (juerī)
• Korean: 보석류 (boseongnyu) (寶石類)
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• Lao: ຖະໜິມ (tha nim)
• Macedonian: накит m (nakit)
• Maori: whakapīwari, taonga whakarākei
• Marathi: दागिने ? (dāgine), दागदागिने ? (dāgdāgine), जडजवाहिर ? (jaḍajvāhir)
• Navajo: ílį́įgo naalyéhé
• Pashto: ګاڼه f (gānna), کالي (ps) m pl (kāli)
• Polish: biżuteria (pl) f
• Portuguese: joias (pt) f pl
• Russian: ювелирные изделия n pl (juvelirnyje izdelija), драгоценности (ru) f pl (dragocennosti), бижутерия (ru) f (bižuterija), украшения (ru) n pl (ukrašenija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: на́кит m

  Roman: nákit (sh) m

• Slovak: klenoty m pl
• Slovene: nakit m
• Spanish: joyería (es) f, joyas (es) f pl, alhajas (es) f pl
• Swedish: smycke (sv) n
• Turkish: ziynet (tr), süs eşyası, takı (tr)
• Vietnamese: đồ châu báu, đồ nữ trang, đồ kim hoàn
• Welsh: gemwaith m
• Yiddish: צירונג f (tsirung)