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A hard, reddish brown chalcedony used in jewelry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cornelian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chalcedony, calcedony
From cornelian, the red form named carneolus under the influence of Latin carneus (“fleshy”) because of its color.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
cornalina
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Chinese Mandarin:
瑪 /玛
(mǎ)
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Chinese Mandarin:
紅瑪瑙 /红玛瑙
(hóngmǎnǎo)
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Czech:
karneol
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Danish:
karneol
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Dutch:
carneool
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Finnish:
karneoli
— reddish brown chalcedony
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French:
cornaline
— reddish brown chalcedony
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German:
Karneol
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Ancient Greek:
σάρδιον
(sárdion)
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Hindi:
यमनी
(yamnī)
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Italian:
cornalina
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Latvian:
karneols
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Lithuanian:
karneolis
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Māori:
tahakura
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Māori:
harariu
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Middle English:
corneline
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Middle English:
cornalyn
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Persian:
بیجاده
(beyjâde)
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Polish:
heliotrop
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Polish:
karneol
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Polish:
karniol
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Polish:
krwawnik
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Portuguese:
cornalina
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Romanian:
carneol
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Romanian:
cornalină
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Russian:
карнео́л
(karneól)
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Sinhalese:
ටෝරමල්ලි
(ṭōramalli)
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Spanish:
cornalina
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Swahili:
akiki
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Swedish:
karneol
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Tok Pisin:
kanilian
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Turkish:
karnelyan
— reddish brown chalcedony
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Turkish:
kırmızı akik
— reddish brown chalcedony
