émeraude

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French esmeralde, esmeragde, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus (emerald), from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos, emerald), from a Semitic language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /em.ʁod/ ~ /ɛm.ʁod/
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  • Homophone: émeraudes
  • Hyphenation: éme‧raude

Noun

émeraude f (plural émeraudes)

  1. emerald (gemstone)
  2. emerald (color)

Adjective

émeraude (invariable)

  1. emerald (color)

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