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English
Noun
precious stone (plural precious stones)
- Any gem, such as a diamond or ruby, that is expensive because of its rarity or desirability; especially one set into a piece of jewelry.
Translations
gem
- Arabic: جَوْهَر (ar) m (jawhar), جَوْهَرَة f (jawhara) (singulative)
- Egyptian Arabic: جوهر m (gōhar)
- Armenian: թանկարժեք քար (tʻankaržekʻ kʻar), գոհար (hy) (gohar)
- Asturian: piedra preciosa f
- Azerbaijani: daş-qaş, gövhər, cavahir, cövhər, qiymətli daş, qaş (az), cavahirat
- Bashkir: аҫыл таш (aśıl taş)
- Basque: harribitxi
- Belarusian: кашто́ўны ка́мень m (kaštóŭny kámjenʹ)
- Bengali: জওহর (joōhor)
- Bulgarian: скъпоце́нен ка́мък m (skǎpocénen kámǎk)
- Burmese: ရတနာ (my) (ra.ta.na)
- Catalan: pedra preciosa f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 寶石／宝石 (zh) (bǎoshí)
- Czech: drahokam (cs) m
- Danish: ædelsten (da) c
- Dutch: edelsteen (nl) m
- Estonian: vääriskivi
- Finnish: jalokivi (fi)
- French: pierre précieuse (fr) f
- Galician: pedra preciosa (gl) f
- Georgian: თვალი (ka) (tvali), ძვირფასი ქვა (ʒvirpasi kva), პატიოსანი თვალი (ṗaṭiosani tvali), ფერადი ქვა (peradi kva)
- German: Edelstein (de) m
- Hindi: रत्न (hi) m (ratna), जवाहर (hi) m (javāhar)
- Hungarian: drágakő (hu)
- Italian: gemma (it) f, pietra preziosa f
- Japanese: 宝石 (ja) (ほうせき, hōseki)
- Korean: 보석(寶石) (ko) (boseok)
- Latin: gemma f
- Latvian: dārgakmens m
- Lithuanian: brangakmenis m
- Macedonian: скапоцен камен m (skapocen kamen)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: edelstein (no) m, edelsten (no) m
- Nynorsk: edelstein m
- Occitan: pèira preciosa f
- Old English: eorcnanstan m, eorclanstan m
- Ottoman Turkish: جوهر (cevher)
- Persian: گوهر (fa) (gowhar)
- Polish: kamień szlachetny (pl) m, klejnot (pl) m
- Portuguese: pedra preciosa (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਜੌਹਰ m (jauhar)
- Romanian: piatră scumpă (ro) f, piatră prețioasă (ro) f
- Russian: драгоце́нный ка́мень (ru) m (dragocénnyj kámenʹ)
- Sanskrit: मणि (sa) m (maṇi), रत्न (sa) n (ratna)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дра̀гӯљ m
- Roman: dràgūlj (sh) m
- Slovak: drahokam m
- Slovene: dragulj (sl) m
- Spanish: piedra preciosa (es) f
- Swahili: jiwe la thamani
- Swedish: ädelsten (sv) c
- Tajik: гавҳар (gavhar)
- Thai: รัตนชาติ (rát-dtà-ná-châat)
- Turkish: değerli taş (tr)
- Ukrainian: дорогоці́нний ка́мінь m (dorohocínnyj káminʹ), кошто́вний ка́мінь m (koštóvnyj káminʹ)
- Uzbek: javhar (uz)
- Vietnamese: đá quý, ngọc (vi)
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