diamant

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See also: diamànt, diamânt, and Diamant

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch diamant, from Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas. Doublet of daaiman. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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Noun

diamant (plural diamante, diminutive diamantjie)

  1. diamond

Derived terms

Albanian

Noun

diamant

  1. diamond

Further reading

  • “diamant”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “diamant”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Breton

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Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

Pronunciation

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Noun

diamant ? (plural diamantoù)

  1. diamond (gemstone)

Catalan

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Etymology

Borrowed from French and Old French diamant.

Pronunciation

Noun

diamant m (plural diamants)

  1. diamond (gem)

See also

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Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from French and Old French diamant.

Pronunciation

Noun

diamant m inan

  1. diamond

Declension

Declension of diamant (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative diamant diamanty
genitive diamantu diamantů
dative diamantu diamantům
accusative diamant diamanty
vocative diamante diamanty
locative diamantu diamantech
instrumental diamantem diamanty

Further reading

  • diamant in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • diamant in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • diamant in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Danish

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin diamans, probably from metathesis of Late Latin adimas, from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

Pronunciation

Noun

diamant c (singular definite diamanten, plural indefinite diamanter)

  1. diamond (mineral)

Declension

Declension of diamant
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative diamant diamanten diamanter diamanterne
genitive diamants diamantens diamanters diamanternes

References

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Medieval Latin and Late Latin diamas, variant of Latin adamas.

The typographic use derives from Dirck Voskens, who first cut it around 1700 and presumably named it by analogy with the larger parel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdi.aːˈmɑnt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧mant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

diamant n (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) diamond (substance)

Noun

diamant m (plural diamanten, diminutive diamantje n)

  1. a diamond
  2. (uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between kwart cicero (excelsior) and parel, equivalent to English brilliant and standardized as 4 point.

Derived terms

Descendants

French

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, probably from metathesis of adimas (whence aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

Noun

diamant m (plural diamants)

  1. diamond (gem)
  2. diamond (shape)
  3. needle (of a record player)
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger perle.

Noun

diamant m (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable, printing, dated) excelsior (a small size of type, standardized as 3 point)

Further reading

Anagrams

Friulian

Noun

diamant m (plural diamants)

  1. diamond

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲiˑəmˠən̪ˠt̪ˠ/

Noun

diamant m (genitive singular diamaint, nominative plural diamaint)

  1. diamond (mineral)

Declension

Declension of diamant

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative diamant diamaint
Vocative a dhiamaint a dhiamanta
Genitive diamaint diamant
Dative diamant diamaint

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an diamant na diamaint
Genitive an diamaint na ndiamant
Dative leis an diamant

don diamant

leis na diamaint

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
diamant dhiamant ndiamant
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old French diamant.

Noun

diamant m

  1. diamond

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, probably from metathesis of adimas (whence aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

Noun

diamant m (plural diamans)

  1. diamond

Descendants

References

  • diamant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

diamant

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

Noun

diamant m (definite singular diamanten, indefinite plural diamanter, definite plural diamantene)

  1. diamond (uncountable: mineral)
    Kongen bar en krone av gull, besatt med diamanter.
    The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.
    Sagen er belagt med diamant.
    The saw is coated with diamond.
  2. the smallest typeface in letterpress printing

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

Noun

diamant m (definite singular diamanten, indefinite plural diamantar, definite plural diamantane)

  1. diamond (uncountable: mineral)
    Kongen bar ei krone av gull, innsett med diamantar.
    The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.
    Saga er innsett med diamant.
    The saw is coated with diamond.
  2. the smallest typeface in letterpress printing

Derived terms

References

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin diamas, probably from metathesis of adimas (whence aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

Noun

diamant oblique singular, m (oblique plural diamanz or diamantz, nominative singular diamanz or diamantz, nominative plural diamant)

  1. diamond

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diamant.

Pronunciation

Noun

diamant n (plural diamante)

  1. diamond
    Synonym: adamant

Declension

Declension of diamant
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) diamant diamantul (niște) diamante diamantele
genitive/dative (unui) diamant diamantului (unor) diamante diamantelor
vocative diamantule diamantelor

Further reading

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

See diamànt

Noun

diamant m (plural diamants)

  1. (mineralogy, gemstone, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) diamond

Slovak

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Pronunciation

Noun

diamant m inan (genitive singular diamantu, nominative plural diamanty, genitive plural diamantov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. diamond

Declension

Declension of diamant
singular plural
nominative diamant diamanty
genitive diamantu diamantov
dative diamantu diamantom
accusative diamant diamanty
locative diamante diamantoch
instrumental diamantom diamantmi

References

  • “diamant”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From French and Old French diamant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dijamàːnt/, /dijamáːnt/

Noun

dijamānt m inan

  1. diamond

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. diamánt
gen. sing. diamánta
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		diamánt diamánta diamánti
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		diamánta diamántov diamántov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		diamántu diamántoma diamántom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		diamánt diamánta diamánte
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		diamántu diamántih diamántih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		diamántom diamántoma diamánti

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “diamant”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Noun

diamant c

  1. (uncountable) the mineral diamond
  2. (countable) the gem stone diamond, whether cut or not

Declension

Declension of diamant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative diamant diamanten diamanter diamanterna
Genitive diamants diamantens diamanters diamanternas

See also

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