gemstone

English

gemstones

Etymology

From Middle English gimstone, alteration (due to Middle English gemme) of earlier ȝimston, ȝimstan, from Old English ġimstān, ġymstān (“gem; jewel; precious stone”), equivalent to gem +‎ stone. Compare Icelandic gimsteinn (“jewel; gem”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛmˌstoʊn/
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Rhymes: -ɛmstoʊn

Noun

gemstone (plural gemstones)

A gem, usually made of minerals.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:gemstone

Derived terms

plasma gemstone

Translations

gem

Afrikaans: edelsteen (af)
Arabic: جَوْهَر‎ (ar) m (jawhar), جَوْهَرَة‎ f (jawhara) (singulative)
Bashkir: аҫыл таш (aθıl taş)
Belarusian: кашто́ўны ка́мень m (kaštóŭny kámjenʹ), самацве́т m (samacvjét)
Bulgarian: скъпоце́нен ка́мък m (skǎpocénen kámǎk)
Burmese: ရတနာ (my) (ra.ta.na)
Catalan: pedra preciosa f, gemma (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寶石／宝石 (zh) (bǎoshí)
Czech: klenot m, drahokam (cs) m
Danish: ædelsten (da) c
Dutch: edelsteen (nl) m
Emilian: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: gemo
Estonian: kalliskivi
Finnish: jalokivi (fi)
French: pierre précieuse (fr) f, joyau (fr) m, gemme (fr)
Galician: pedra preciosa (gl) f, xema (gl) f, xoia (gl) f
German: Edelstein (de) m, Juwel (de) n, Kleinod (de) n
Hebrew: אֶבֶן יְקָרָה‎ f (éven yekará)
Hindi: मणि (hi) m (maṇi), रत्न (hi) m (ratna), पत्थर (hi) m (patthar)
Icelandic: gimsteinn (is) m
Indonesian: batu akik (id)
Italian: pietra preziosa f, gemma (it) f
Japanese: 宝石 (ja) (ほうせき, hōseki)
Kazakh: асыл тас (asyl tas)
Khmer: ត្បូង (km) (tboung), មណី (km) (mĕəʼnii)
Korean: 보석(寶石) (ko) (boseok)
Kyrgyz: асыл таш (asıl taş)
Lao: ພອຽ (phǭi), ມະນີ (ma nī), ຣະຕະນະ (ra ta na)
Latin: gemma f
Latvian: dārgakmens m
Ligurian: prîa preçiôza f, gémma f
Lithuanian: brangakmenis m
Lombard: prèia (lmo) preziósa f, gema (lmo) f
Macedonian: ска́поцен ка́мен m (skápocen kámen)
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Malayalam: രത്നം (ml) (ratnaṁ), രത്നക്കല്ല് (ratnakkallŭ)
Maori: pōhatu māpuna
Norwegian:
Bokmål: edelstein (no) m, edelsten (no) m, smykkestein m, smykkesten m

Nynorsk: edelstein m, smykkestein m
Old English: ġimstān m, ġymstān m
Old Norse: gimsteinn m
Pali: please add this translation if you can
Pashto: غمی‎ (ps) m (ǧamáy)
Persian: نگین‎ (fa) (negin), گوهر‎ (fa) (gowhar), گوهرسنگ‎ (fa) (goharsang)
Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
Polish: kamień szlachetny (pl) m, klejnot (pl) m
Portuguese: pedra preciosa (pt) f, gema (pt) f
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: piatră prețioasă (ro) f, piatră nestemată (ro) f
Russian: драгоце́нный ка́мень (ru) m (dragocénnyj kámenʹ), самоцве́т (ru) m (samocvét)
Sanskrit: मणि (sa) m (maṇi), रत्न (sa) n (ratna)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: драгуљ m

Roman: dragulj (sh) m
Slovak: klenot m, drahokam m
Slovene: dragulj (sl) m
Spanish: piedra preciosa (es) f, joya (es) f, alhaja (es) f, gema (es) f
Swedish: ädelsten (sv) c
Tagalog: hiyas
Tajik: чавхар (čavxar), гавҳар (gavhar)
Thai: พลอย (th) (plɔɔi), จินดา (jin-daa), รัตน์ (th) (rát)
Tocharian B: wamer, naumiye, prāp
Ugaritic: 𐎑𐎅𐎗 (ẓhr)
Ukrainian: дорогоці́нний ка́мінь m (dorohocínnyj káminʹ), кошто́вний ка́мінь m (koštóvnyj káminʹ), самоцві́т m (samocvít)
Uzbek: gavhar (uz)
Vietnamese: đá quý
Welsh: tlysfaen m, tlysfeini m pl

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