strass

See also: Strass and Straß

English

Rhinestones on a tiara.

Etymology

Borrowed from French strass, after its inventor, the 18th-century Alsatian jeweler Georg Friedrich Strass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɹas/

Noun

strass (countable and uncountable, plural strasses)

1. A rhinestone, brilliant glass used in the manufacture of artificial paste gemstones, consisting essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium.

Further reading

• rhinestone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

After its inventor, the 18th-century Alsatian jeweler Georg Friedrich Strass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʁas/

Noun

strass m (plural strass)

1. paste, rhinestone (lead crystal used as gemstone)
   • 1983, “Baby Alone in Babylone”, in Serge Gainsbourg (lyrics), Baby Alone in Babylone, performed by Jane Birkin:

     Noyée sous les flots de musiques electriques / De rock’n’roll tu recherches un rôle / Tu recherches les studios, et les traces de Monroe / Les strass et le stress / Dieux et déesses de Los Angeles

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → English: strass

Further reading

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

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Italian

Noun

strass m (uncountable)

1. paste (lead crystal used as gemstone)

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Portuguese

Noun

strass m (uncountable)

1. paste (glass containing lead, used to imitate diamonds)

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French strass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstras/

Noun

strass c

1. rhinestone