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Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin smaragdīnus. By surface analysis, smeraldo (“emerald”) + -ino (“-ine”, derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zme.ralˈdi.no/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Hyphenation: sme‧ral‧dì‧no
Adjective
smeraldino (feminine smeraldina, masculine plural smeraldini, feminine plural smeraldine)
- (archaic) made out of emerald
1946, Louis Charbonneau-Lassay, Il giardino del Cristo ferito, Arkeios, page 190:[…] , fu mostrato il ricco vaso smeraldino, […]- , he was shown the rich emerald vase,
- (dated) emerald green; emerald-like in colour/color
1903, Giovanni Pascoli, “Il miracolo”, in Myricae, Raffaello Giusti, page 86:Vedeste l'erba lucido tappeto, ¶ e su le pietre il musco smeraldino; [...]- You saw the grass as shiny carpet, ¶ and on the stones the emerald-green musk;