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Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish esmeralda , from Old Spanish esmeralda , possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde , from Vulgar Latin *smeralda , *smaraldus , alteration of Latin smaragdus , from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος ( smáragdos ) , of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: es‧me‧ral‧da
Noun
esmeralda
an emerald
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:esmeralda .
Galician
Etymology
Attested since circa 1300. Possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude ), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda , *smaraldus , alteration of Latin smaragdus , from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος ( smáragdos ) , of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas )
emerald
1370 , R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana , A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 436 :Et os nomes delas son estes: carbũcolo, sardis, cafil, amatista, berilo, topás, grisólitos, esmeralda , brasmo, rrobj, calçedonja, cristal (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “esmeralda ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “merald ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “esmeralda ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “esmeralda ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Old French esmeralde , ultimately from Latin smaragdus , from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος ( smáragdos ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas )
emerald
c. 1250 , Alfonso X , Lapidario , f. 16r :Et la ſu uerdura ⁊ la ſu reſplandor es muy meior que dela otra eſmeralda . And its greenness and gleam are much better than those of the other emerald .
Idem , f. 54r.
Et eſtas ſon falladas en las mineras del oro o fallan las bonas eſmeraldas . And these are found in the goldmines where they find the best emeralds .
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
Possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude ), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda , *smaraldus , alteration of Latin smaragdus , from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος ( smáragdos ) , of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas )
emerald
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish esmeralda , possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude ), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda , *smaraldus , alteration of Latin smaragdus , from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος ( smáragdos ) , of Semitic origin. Cf. also the Old Spanish form esmaragde .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /esmeˈɾalda/
Rhymes: -alda
Syllabification: es‧me‧ral‧da
Noun
esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas )
emerald
Derived terms
Descendants
Adjective
esmeralda (invariable )
emerald
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish esmeralda , from Old Spanish esmeralda , possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude ), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda , *smaraldus , alteration of Latin smaragdus , from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος ( smáragdos ) , of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
esmeralda (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜎ᜔ᜇ )
emerald ( gemstone )
emerald ( color )
esmeralda:
Further reading
“esmeralda ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018