beryl

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See also: béryl, and Beryl

English

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Beryl (1)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English beryl, from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, beryl).

Pronunciation

Noun

beryl (countable and uncountable, plural beryls)

  1. (uncountable, mineralogy) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone (molecular formula Be3Al2Si6O18).
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Fête”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. , volume III, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 57:
      The sunset had been magnificent, and the Thames was floating in dark radiance; the waves wearing that transparent clearness, which gives more the idea of melted beryl, than aught else: every little circle in the water had that trembling light which characterises precious stones.
    • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, page 128:
      Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.
  2. (countable) An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl.
    The crown was set with six beryls of excellent size and color.
  3. (uncountable) A dull blueish green colour.
    beryl:  

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Adjective

beryl (not comparable)

  1. Of a dull bluish green colour.

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Cornish

Noun

beryl

  1. Soft mutation of peryl.

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

beryl m inan

  1. beryl

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Further reading

  • beryl”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • beryl”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

beryl c (singular definite beryllen, plural indefinite beryller)

  1. beryl (the mineral and examples of the mineral)

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beːril/
  • Hyphenation: be‧ryl
  • Rhymes: -il

Noun

beryl n (uncountable)

  1. Superseded spelling of beril.

Noun

beryl m (plural beryllen)

  1. Superseded spelling of beril.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus (beryl), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛˈriːl/, /bɛˈril/, /ˈbɛril/

Noun

beryl

  1. beryl (gemstone of pegmatite)
  2. (figuratively, rare) Jesus or the Virgin Mary.

Descendants

  • English: beryl

References

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French béryl.[1][2] First attested in 1472.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bɛrɨlʲ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bɛrɨlʲ/

Noun

beryl m animacy unattested

  1. (mineralogy) beryl (mineral of pegmatite deposits)
    • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2, number 1856:
      *Berzyl erilla
      [Beryl erilla]

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “beryl”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “beryl”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “beryl”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish beryl.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Chemical element
Be
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beryl m inan (related adjective berylowy)

  1. (uncountable) beryllium (chemical element)
  2. (mineralogy, countable) beryl (mineral of pegmatite deposits)
  3. (colloquial, firearms, countable) FB Beryl

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Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: be‧ryl

Noun

beryl m inan (related adjective berylový)

  1. beryl

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