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English
Noun
emeraude (plural emeraudes)
- Obsolete form of emerald.
Middle English
- emeraud, emrod, esmeraude, emerawnte, emerallde, emerant, emerade, amyraude, emeraunde, emeroude, emeroyde
Etymology
From Old French esmeraude, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛmərau̯d(ə)/, /ˈɛmərau̯nt/, /ˈɛmərant/
Noun
emeraude (plural emeraudes)
- emerald
Descendants
References
Old French
Noun
emeraude oblique singular, f (oblique plural emeraudes, nominative singular emeraude, nominative plural emeraudes)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of esmeraude
References
- esmeraude in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022