amethyst

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• /ˈæm.ə.θɪst/
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From Middle English ametist, from Old French ametiste (French améthyste), from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, “not drunk”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μεθύω (methúō, “to be drunk”), from μέθυ (méthu, “wine”). The name was based on the ancient belief that amethyst gemstones could prevent intoxication. People in ancient Greece and Rome would wear amethyst or drink from cups made of amethyst to ward off the effects of alcohol.

From the gemstone amethyst.

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 紫色的 (zǐsè de) — colour
• Esperanto: ametista — colour
• Finnish: ametistinvioletti — colour
• German: amethysten — colour
• Irish: aimitise — colour
• Polish: ametystowy — colour
• Polish: fioletowy — colour
• Romanian: purpuriu — colour
• Russian: аметистовый (ametistovyj) — colour
• Volapük: maetütakölik — colour
• Afrikaans: ametis — gem
• Arabic: جَمَشْت (jamašt) — gem
• Armenian: մեղեսիկ (meġesik) — gem
• Armenian: ամեթիստ (ametʻist) — gem
• Bulgarian: аметист (ametist) — gem
• Burmese: သီဟိုဠ်နီလာ (sihuilnila) — gem
• Catalan: ametista — gem
• Cherokee: ᎠᎻᏘᏏ (amitisi) — gem
• Chinese Cantonese: 紫水晶 (zi2 seoi2 zing1) — gem
• Hakka Chinese: 紫水晶 (chṳ́-súi-chîn) — gem
• Chinese Mandarin: 紫水晶 (zǐshuǐjīng) — gem
• Czech: ametyst — gem
• Danish: ametyst — gem
• Dutch: amethist — gem
• Esperanto: ametisto — gem
• Estonian: ametüst — gem
• Finnish: ametisti — gem
• French: améthyste — gem
• West-Frisian: ametist — gem
• Galician: ametista — gem
• Georgian: ამეთვისტო (ametvisṭo) — gem
• German: Amethyst — gem
• Greek: αμέθυστος (améthystos) — gem
• Ancient Greek: ἀμέθυστος (améthustos) — gem
• Gujarati: એમિથિસ્ટ (emithisṭ) — gem
• Hebrew: אַחְלָמָה ('akhlamá) — gem
• Hindi: अमेथिस्ट (amethisṭ) — gem
• Hindi: एमिथिस्ट (emithisṭ) — gem
• Hungarian: ametiszt — gem
• Icelandic: ametýst — gem
• Indonesian: kecubung — gem
• Indonesian: ametis — gem
• Irish: aimitis — gem
• Italian: ametista — gem
• Japanese: 紫水晶 (murasakizuishō) — gem
• Japanese: アメシスト (ameshisuto) — gem
• Kannada: ಅಮೆಥಿಸ್ಟ್ (amethisṭ) — gem
• Kazakh: күлгінтас (külgıntas) — gem
• Kazakh: аметист (ametist) — gem
• Korean: 자수정 (jasujeong) — gem
• Latin: amethystus — gem
• Latvian: ametists — gem
• Malay: ametis — gem
• Malay: batu kecubung — gem
• Malayalam: അമീഥിസ്റ്റ് (amīthisṟṟŭ) — gem
• Maltese: ametist — gem
• Māori: ametihita — gem
• Occitan: ametista — gem
• Persian: آمتیست (âmetist) — gem
• Persian: گمست (gamast) — gem
• Persian: کرکهان (karkahân) — gem
• Persian: کرکهن (karkahan) — gem
• Polish: ametyst — gem
• Portuguese: ametista — gem
• Romanian: ametist — gem
• Russian: амети́ст (ametíst) — gem
• Serbo-Croatian: ametist — gem
• Slovene: ametíst — gem
• Spanish: amatista — gem
• Sundanese: kucubung — gem
• Swahili: ametisti — gem
• Swedish: ametist — gem
• Tagalog: amatista — gem
• Tamil: செவ்வந்தி (cevvanti) — gem
• Tamil: செவ்வந்திக்கல் (cevvantikkal) — gem
• Thai: เขี้ยวหนุมาน (kîao-hà-nú-maan) — gem
• Turkish: ametist — gem
• Turkish: mortaş — gem
• Ukrainian: амети́ст (ametýst) — gem
• Volapük: maetüt — gem
• Welsh: amethyst — gem
• Zazaki: ametist (diq) — gem
• Catalan: ametista — colour
• Cherokee: ᎠᎻᏘᏏ-ᏕᎭᎷᎨᎢ (amitisi-dehalugei) — colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 紫色 (zǐsè) — colour
• Estonian: ametüst — colour
• Georgian: ამეთვისტოსფერი (ametvisṭosperi) — colour
• Indonesian: kecubung — colour
• Irish: aimitis — colour
• Japanese: 紫色 (murasakiiro) — colour
• Malay: kecubung — colour
• Russian: амети́стовый цвет (ametístovyj cvet) — colour
• Russian: фиоле́товый цвет (fiolétovyj cvet) — colour
• Spanish: amatista — colour
• Swahili: rangi ya amethisto — colour
• Zazaki: ametistane — colour