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emerald

(emərəld)
Word forms: plural emeralds
1. countable noun
An emerald is a precious stone which is clear and bright green.
2. colour
Something that is emerald is bright green in colour.
...an emerald valley.

emerald in British English

(ˈɛmərəld, ˈɛmrəld)
noun
1. 
a green transparent variety of beryl: highly valued as a gem
2. 
a. 
the clear green colour of an emerald
b. 
(as adjective)
an emerald carpet
3. 
(formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 61⁄2 point
4.  short for emerald moth
Word origin
C13: from Old French esmeraude, from Latin smaragdus, from Greek smaragdos; related to Sanskrit marakata emerald

emerald in American English

(ˈɛmərəld)
noun
1. 
a transparent, bright-green precious stone; green variety of beryl
2. 
a similar variety of corundum
3. 
bright green
adjective
4. 
bright-green
5. 
made of or with an emerald or emeralds
6. 
designating or of a rectangular cut for gems used esp. with emeralds
Word origin
ME & OFr emeralde < VL smaraldus, for L smaragdus < Gr smaragdos, of non-European orig.

Examples of 'emerald' in a sentence
emerald

There was always a red plastic bucket brimming with peas like precious emerald marbles.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The whole tree was emerald green.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is more than an emerald isle - it is an ephemeral one.
Keane, Molly & Phipps, Sally Molly Keane's Ireland (1993)
They need to promote a more subtle, nuanced green that shows they care about these emerald isles.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
These primordial emerald green hills and their dramatic clash with the sea are one of the great sights of England.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I could understand the thinking behind it because the pitch was hard and emerald green and looked likely to favour seam bowlers.
The Sun (2012)
Ireland may not have finished pulling surprises from their emerald green World Cup helmets just yet.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

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In other languages
emerald

British English: emerald NOUN
An emerald is a precious stone which is clear and bright green.
  • American English: emerald
  • Brazilian Portuguese: esmeralda
  • Chinese: 翡翠
  • European Spanish: esmeralda
  • French: émeraude
  • German: Smaragd
  • Italian: smeraldo
  • Japanese: エメラルド
  • Korean: 에메랄드
  • European Portuguese: esmeralda
  • Latin American Spanish: esmeralda

All related terms of 'emerald'

emerald cut
a type of step cut, used esp. on emeralds and diamonds , in which the girdle has the form of a square or rectangle with truncated corners
emerald green
a clear, deep-green color
Emerald Isle
→ Ireland
emerald moth
any of various green geometrid moths , esp the large emerald ( Geometra papilionaria ) a handsome pale green moth with white wavy markings
Oriental emerald
a green variety of corundum used as a gemstone

Chinese translation of 'emerald'

emerald

(ˈɛmərəld)

n (c)

  1. (= gem) 祖母绿(綠) (zǔmǔlǜ)
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