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English gemstones
Etymology From Middle English gimstone gemme ȝimston ȝimstan Old English ġimstān , ġymstān ( “ gem; jewel; precious stone ” ) , equivalent to gem stone Icelandic gimsteinn ( “ jewel; gem ” ) , Faroese gimsteinur ( “ jewel, precious stone ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun gemstone (plural gemstones
A gem , usually made of minerals.
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Translations gem
Afrikaans: edelsteen (af)
Arabic: جَوْهَر (ar) m ( jawhar ) , جَوْهَرَة f ( jawhara ) ( singulative )
Armenian: թանկարժեք քար ( tʻankaržekʻ kʻar )
Bashkir: аҫыл таш ( aśıl taş )
Belarusian: кашто́ўны ка́мень m ( kaštóŭny kámjenʹ ) , самацве́т m ( samacvjét )
Bulgarian: скъпоце́нен ка́мък m ( skǎpocénen kámǎk )
Burmese: ရတနာ (my) ( ra.ta.na )
Catalan: pedra preciosa f gemma (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寶石 / 宝石 (zh) ( bǎoshí )
Czech: klenot m drahokam (cs) m
Danish: ædelsten (da) c
Dutch: edelsteen (nl) m
Emilian: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: gemo
Estonian: kalliskivi
Finnish: jalokivi (fi)
French: pierre précieuse (fr) f joyau (fr) m gemme (fr)
Galician: pedra preciosa (gl) f xema (gl) f xoia (gl) f
Georgian: დაუმუშავებელი ძვირფასი ქვა ( daumušavebeli ʒvirpasi kva ) , დაუმუშავებელი პატიოსანი თვალი ( daumušavebeli ṗaṭiosani tvali )
German: Edelstein (de) m Juwel (de) n Kleinod (de) n
Hebrew: אֶבֶן יְקָרָה f ( éven yekará )
Hindi: मणि (hi) m ( maṇi ) , रत्न (hi) m ( ratna ) , पत्थर (hi) m ( patthar )
Icelandic: gimsteinn (is) m
Indonesian: batu akik (id)
Italian: pietra preziosa f gemma (it) f
Japanese: 宝石 (ja) ( ほうせき, hōseki )
Kazakh: асыл тас ( asyl tas )
Khmer: ត្បូង (km) ( tboung ) , មណី (km) ( mĕəʼnii )
Korean: 보석(寶石) (ko) ( boseok )
Kyrgyz: асыл таш ( asıl taş )
Lao: ພອຽ ( phǭi ) , ມະນີ ( ma nī ) , ຣະຕະນະ ( ra ta na )
Latin: gemma f
Latvian: dārgakmens m
Ligurian: prîa preçiôza f gémma f
Lithuanian: brangakmenis m
Lombard: prèia (lmo) preziósa f gema f
Macedonian: ска́поцен ка́мен m ( skápocen kámen )
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Malayalam: രത്നം (ml) ( ratnaṁ ) , രത്നക്കല്ല് ( ratnakkallŭ )
Maori: pōhatu māpuna
Norwegian:
Bokmål: edelstein (no) m edelsten (no) m smykkestein m smykkesten m
Nynorsk: edelstein m smykkestein m
Old English: ġimstān m ġymstān m
Old Norse: gimsteinn m
Ottoman Turkish: جوهر ( cevher )
Pali: මණි m ( maṇi )
Pashto: غمی (ps) m ( ǧamáy )
Persian: نگین (fa) ( negin ) , گوهر (fa) ( gowhar ) , گوهرسنگ (fa) ( goharsang )
Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
Polish: kamień szlachetny (pl) m klejnot (pl) m
Portuguese: pedra preciosa (pt) f gema (pt) f
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: piatră prețioasă (ro) f piatră nestemată (ro) f
Russian: драгоце́нный ка́мень (ru) m ( dragocénnyj kámenʹ ) , самоцве́т (ru) m ( samocvét )
Sanskrit: मणि (sa) m ( maṇi ) , रत्न (sa) n ( ratna )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: драгуљ m
Roman: dragulj (sh) m
Slovak: klenot m drahokam m
Slovene: dragulj (sl) m
Spanish: piedra preciosa (es) f joya (es) f alhaja (es) f gema (es) f
Swedish: ädelsten (sv) c
Tagalog: hiyas
Tajik: чавхар ( čavxar ) , гавҳар ( gavhar )
Thai: พลอย (th) ( plɔɔi ) , จินดา ( jin-daa ) , รัตน์ (th) ( rát )
Tocharian B: wamer naumiye prāp
Ugaritic: 𐎑𐎅𐎗 ( ẓhr )
Ukrainian: дорогоці́нний ка́мінь m ( dorohocínnyj káminʹ ) , кошто́вний ка́мінь m ( koštóvnyj káminʹ ) , самоцві́т m ( samocvít )
Uzbek: gavhar (uz)
Vietnamese: đá quý
Welsh: tlysfaen m tlysfeini m pl
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