beryl

English

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beryl

Wikipedia

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English beryl, from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”), from Prakrit, from Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɹ.əl/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹəl

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.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Ezekiel 1:16:

     The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl …

3. (uncountable) A dull blueish green colour.

   beryl:  

Derived terms

• blue beryl

Translations

Adjective

beryl (not comparable)

1. Of a dull bluish green colour.

Derived terms

• beryl-spangled tanager
• beryllium
• beryllium oxide
• chrysoberyl

Translations

Related terms

• chrysoprase
• brilliant

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}
• aquamarine
• emerald
• heliodor
• Madagascar aquamarine
• morganite

Anagrams

• Byler

Cornish

Noun

beryl

1. Soft mutation of peryl.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɛrɪl

Noun

beryl m inan

1. beryl

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• beryl in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• beryl in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 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

• beril, berill, berille
• beralle, berel, berell, berelle, berylle, birall, birell, birrall, brill, burel, burell, byrall, byralle, byrell, byryl (Late Middle English)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus (“beryl”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos), from Prakrit (compare Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya)).

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

• “berī̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

beryl

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish beryl, from French béryl, from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.rɨl/

• beryl

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrɨl
• Syllabification: be‧ryl

Noun

beryl m inan

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• beryl in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• beryl in Polish dictionaries at PWN