precious stone

English

Noun

precious stone (plural precious stones)

1. Any gem, such as a diamond or ruby, that is expensive because of its rarity or desirability; especially one set into a piece of jewelry.

Translations

gem

• Arabic: جَوْهَر (ar) m (jawhar), جَوْهَرَة‎ f (jawhara) (singulative)

  Egyptian Arabic: جوهر m (gōhar)

• Armenian: թանկարժեք քար (tʻankaržekʻ kʻar), գոհար (hy) (gohar)
• Asturian: piedra preciosa f
• Basque: harribitxi
• Catalan: pedra preciosa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寶石／宝石 (zh) (bǎoshí), 宝石 (zh) (bǎoshí)

• Dutch: edelsteen (nl) m
• Finnish: jalokivi (fi)
• French: pierre précieuse (fr) f
• Galician: pedra preciosa f
• Georgian: თვალი (ka) (tvali), ძვირფასი ქვა (ʒvirpasi kva)
• German: Edelstein (de) m
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• Hindi: रत्न (hi) m (ratna)
• Italian: gemma (it) f, pietra preziosa f
• Japanese: 宝石 (ja) (ほうせき, hōseki)
• Latin: gemma f
• Latvian: dārgakmens m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: edelstein (no) m, edelsten (no) m

  Nynorsk: edelstein m

• Occitan: pèira preciosa f
• Portuguese: pedra preciosa (pt) f
• Russian: драгоце́нный ка́мень (ru) m (dragocénnyj kámenʹ)
• Spanish: piedra preciosa (es) f
• Vietnamese: đá quý

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