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aventurine

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /əˈvɛn.t͡ʃə.ɹɪn/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /əˈvɛn.tjʊə.ɹɪn/
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  • General-American: /əˈvɛn.t͡ʃə.ɹɪn/
  • General-American: /əˈvɛn.t͡ʃəˌɹin/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: goldstone

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sunstone

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: quartz, transparent gem

Narrower terms: goldstone

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French aventurine, from Italian avventurino, from avventurare (“to venture; to make lucky or prosperous”), from avventura (“chance; adventure, venture”) + -are (suffix forming the infinitive of most regular verbs), apparently so named because it was discovered by accident in Murano, Italy, when brass or copper filings were dropped into melted glass (see, however, the 1843 quotation).

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: verre aventuriné — kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles
  • German: Goldichte — kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles
  • German: Goldfluss — kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles
  • Italian: avventurina — kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles
  • Japanese: ゴールドストーン — kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles
  • Malayalam: ഗോൾഡ്സ്റ്റോൺ (gōḷḍsṟṟōṇ) — kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: aventurinfeltspat — kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles
  • Polish: szkło awenturynowe — kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles
  • Polish: kamieniem tysiąca słońc — kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles
  • Russian: авантюриновое стекло (avantjurinovoje steklo) — kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles
  • Russian: авентюриновое стекло (aventjurinovoje steklo) — kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles
  • Swedish: aventuringlas — kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles
  • Armenian: ավենտուրին (aventurin) — variety of translucent quartz
  • Azerbaijani: aventurin — variety of translucent quartz
  • Bulgarian: авантюрѝн (avantjurìn) — variety of translucent quartz
  • Catalan: aventurina — variety of translucent quartz
  • Chinese Mandarin: 砂金石 (shājīnshí) — variety of translucent quartz
  • Czech: aventurin — variety of translucent quartz
  • Danish: aventurin — variety of translucent quartz
  • Dutch: aventurien — variety of translucent quartz
  • Dutch: aventurijn — variety of translucent quartz
  • Estonian: aventuriin — variety of translucent quartz
  • Estonian: avanturiin — variety of translucent quartz
  • Finnish: aventuriini — variety of translucent quartz
  • Finnish: aventuriinikvartsi — variety of translucent quartz
  • French: aventurine — variety of translucent quartz
  • German: Aventurin-Quarz — variety of translucent quartz
  • German: Aventurin — variety of translucent quartz
  • Hebrew: אַוָונְטוּרִין (avanturin) — variety of translucent quartz
  • Italian: avventurina — variety of translucent quartz
  • Japanese: 砂金石 — variety of translucent quartz
  • Kazakh: авантюрин (avantürin) — variety of translucent quartz
  • Latvian: avanturīns — variety of translucent quartz
  • Limburgish: aventurien — variety of translucent quartz
  • Lithuanian: avantiurinas — variety of translucent quartz
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: aventurin — variety of translucent quartz
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: aventurinkvarts — variety of translucent quartz
  • Persian: سنگ دلربا — variety of translucent quartz
  • Polish: awenturyn — variety of translucent quartz
  • Polish: awanturyn — variety of translucent quartz
  • Polish: kwarc awenturynowy — variety of translucent quartz
  • Portuguese: aventurina — variety of translucent quartz
  • Romanian: aventurin — variety of translucent quartz
  • Russian: авантюри́н (avantjurín) — variety of translucent quartz
  • Serbo-Croatian: aventurin — variety of translucent quartz
  • Slovak: avanturín — variety of translucent quartz
  • Spanish: aventurina — variety of translucent quartz
  • Spanish: venturina — variety of translucent quartz
  • Swedish: aventurin — variety of translucent quartz
  • Turkish: yıldız taşı — variety of translucent quartz
  • Ukrainian: авантюри́н (avantjurýn) — variety of translucent quartz
  • Uzbek: авантюрин (avantyurin) — variety of translucent quartz
  • Uzbek: avantyurin — variety of translucent quartz
  • Yakut: авантюрин (avanturin) — variety of translucent quartz