moonstone

English

A moonstone

Etymology

From moon +‎ stone.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmunˌstoʊn/

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Noun

moonstone (countable and uncountable, plural moonstones)

1. (mineralogy) A translucent gemstone, an orthoclase feldspar, that has a pearly lustre.
   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros‎^[1], London: Jonathan Cape, page 3:

     To give light to the presence chamber were seven escarbuncles, great as pumpkins, hung in order down the length of it, and nine fair moonstones standing in order on silver pedestals between the pillars on the dais.

Translations

translucent gemstone

• Arabic: حَجَر اَلْقَمْر m (ḥajar al-qamr)
• Catalan: pedra de lluna f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 月長石 / 月长石 (zh) (yuèzhǎngshí) (or yuèchángshí)

• Czech: měsíček
• Dutch: maansteen (nl) m
• Finnish: kuukivi (fi)
• French: pierre de lune (fr) f
• German: Mondstein (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: σεληνίτης m (selēnítēs)

• Hindi: मुक्ता (hi) m (muktā)
• Hungarian: holdkő (hu)
• Italian: pietra di luna f, lunaria f
• Japanese: 月長石 (ja) (げっちょうせき, getchōseki)
• Kazakh: айтас (aitas)
• Korean: 월장석(月長石) (woljangseok)
• Polish: kamień księżycowy m
• Portuguese: pedra da Lua f
• Russian: лу́нный ка́мень (ru) m (lúnnyj kámenʹ)
• Spanish: piedra de luna (es) f
• Swedish: månsten (sv)
• Thai: มุกดา (th) (múk-daa)
• Welsh: lloerfaen m

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