emerald

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• /ˈɛm.(ə.)ɹəld/
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From Middle English emeraude, borrowed from Old French esmeraude, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language. Compare Hebrew בָּרֶקֶת (bāréqeṯ, “emerald, flashing gem”), Akkadian 𒁀𒊏𒄣 (baraqu, literally “scintillation”), Arabic بَرْق (barq, literally “flashing”), Egyptian bwyrqꜣ (literally “to sparkle”):D58-Z7-Z4:D21-N29-Z1-G1-D6 and loanwords with Semitic etymon such as Sanskrit मरकत (marakata).

From emerald. The Queensland town takes its name from the emerald and other precious stone deposits in the area and from the pastoral run Emerald Downs, a name chosen circa 1860 by pastoralist Peter Fitzallan MacDonald. It is unclear if emeralds were found in or around Emerald. The given name is a modern coinage from the name of the gemstone, representing a vernacular form of Esmeralda.

211 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: smaraggroen — of a rich green colour
• Bulgarian: изумруден (izumruden) — of a rich green colour
• Czech: smaragdový — of a rich green colour
• Dutch: smaragdgroen — of a rich green colour
• Dutch: smaragdgroene — of a rich green colour
• Finnish: smaragdinvihreä — of a rich green colour
• French: émeraude — of a rich green colour
• Galician: esmeralda — of a rich green colour
• Georgian: ზურმუხტისფერი (zurmuxṭisperi) — of a rich green colour
• German: smaragdgrün — of a rich green colour
• German: smaragdfarben — of a rich green colour
• Greek: σμαράγδένιος (smarágdénios) — of a rich green colour
• Ancient Greek: σμαράγδινος (smarágdinos) — of a rich green colour
• Hungarian: smaragdzöld — of a rich green colour
• Interlingua: esmeraldin — of a rich green colour
• Japanese: エメラルド (emerarudo) — of a rich green colour
• Latin: smaragdīnus — of a rich green colour
• Latvian: smaragdzaļš — of a rich green colour
• Lithuanian: smarãgdinis — of a rich green colour
• Macedonian: смарагден (smaragden) — of a rich green colour
• Persian: زمردی (zomorrodi) — of a rich green colour
• Polish: szmaragdowy — of a rich green colour
• Portuguese: esmeralda — of a rich green colour
• Romanian: smaraldiu — of a rich green colour
• Russian: изумру́дный (izumrúdnyj) — of a rich green colour
• Spanish: esmeralda — of a rich green colour
• Swedish: smaragdgrön — of a rich green colour
• Ukrainian: смара́гдовий (smaráhdovyj) — of a rich green colour
• Ukrainian: ізумру́дний (izumrúdnyj) — of a rich green colour
• Urdu: زمردیں (zumurrudĩ) — of a rich green colour
• Urdu: زمردی (zumurrudī) — of a rich green colour
• Afrikaans: smarag — gemstone
• Aghul: зумруд (zumrud) — gemstone
• Albanian: smerald — gemstone
• Arabic: زُمُرُّد (zumurrud) — gemstone
• Arabic: زمرد (zumurrud) — gemstone
• Aragonese: esmeralda — gemstone
• Armenian: զմրուխտ (zmruxt) — gemstone
• Asturian: esmeralda — gemstone
• Avar: зумруд (zumrud) — gemstone
• Azerbaijani: zümrüd — gemstone
• Balinese: jamrud — gemstone
• Bashkir: зөбәржәт (zöbərjət) — gemstone
• Basque: esmeralda — gemstone
• Belarusian: ізумру́д (izumrúd) — gemstone
• Belarusian: смара́гд (smaráhd) — gemstone
• Bengali: পান্না (panna) — gemstone
• Bengali: জমরুদ (jomrud) — gemstone
• Bulgarian: изумру́д (izumrúd) — gemstone
• Bulgarian: смара́гд (smarágd) — gemstone
• Burmese: မြ (mra.) — gemstone
• Carpathian Rusyn: смараґд (smaragd) — gemstone
• Catalan: maragda — gemstone
• Catalan: esmaragda — gemstone
• Cherokee: ᎡᎻᎳ (emila) — gemstone
• Chinese Cantonese: 祖母綠 /祖母绿 (zou2 mou5 luk6) — gemstone
• Chinese Cantonese: 呂宋綠 /吕宋绿 (leoi5 sung3 luk6) — gemstone
• Chinese Mandarin: 綠寶石 /绿宝石 (lǜbǎoshí) — gemstone
• Chinese Mandarin: 祖母綠 /祖母绿 (zǔmǔlǜ) — gemstone
• Crimean Tatar: zumrut — gemstone
• Czech: smaragd — gemstone
• Danish: smaragd — gemstone
• Dargwa: зумруд (zumrud) — gemstone
• Dutch: smaragd — gemstone
• Esperanto: smeraldo — gemstone
• Estonian: smaragd — gemstone
• Finnish: smaragdi — gemstone
• French: émeraude — gemstone
• Friulian: smeralt — gemstone
• Friulian: smerald — gemstone
• Gagauz: zümrüt — gemstone
• Galician: esmeralda — gemstone
• Georgian: ზურმუხტი (zurmuxṭi) — gemstone
• German: Smaragd — gemstone
• Greek: σμαράγδι (smarágdi) — gemstone
• Ancient Greek: σμάραγδος (smáragdos) — gemstone
• Hawaiian: ʻōmaʻomaʻo — gemstone
• Hebrew: אִזְמַרְגָּד (izmargád) — gemstone
• Hebrew: בָּרֶקֶת (baréqet) — gemstone
• Hindi: पन्ना (pannā) — gemstone
• Hindi: हरिन्मणि (harinmaṇi) — gemstone
• Hungarian: smaragd — gemstone
• Icelandic: smaragður — gemstone
• Indonesian: zamrud — gemstone
• Indonesian: jumantan — gemstone
• Interlingua: esmeraldo — gemstone
• Irish: smaragaid — gemstone
• Italian: smeraldo — gemstone
• Japanese: エメラルド (emerarudo) — gemstone
• Japanese: 翠玉 (suigyoku) — gemstone
• Japanese: 緑玉 (ryokugyoku) — gemstone
• Javanese: ꦩꦂꦏꦠ (markata) — gemstone
• Javanese: ꦩꦫꦏꦠ (marakata) — gemstone
• Javanese: ꦗꦼꦩꦿꦸꦠ꧀ (jemrut) — gemstone
• Kalmyk: марһад (marğad) — gemstone
• Kannada: ಪಚ್ಚೆ (pacce) — gemstone
• Karakalpak: zu‘mret — gemstone
• Kashubian: szmaragd — gemstone
• Kazakh: зүмірет (zümıret) — gemstone
• Kazakh: замартас (zamartas) — gemstone
• Khmer: មរកត (mɔrəkɑt) — gemstone
• Korean: 에메랄드 (emeraldeu) — gemstone
• Kumyk: зумрут (zumrut) — gemstone
• Kyrgyz: зумурут (zumurut) — gemstone
• Kyrgyz: зымырыт (zımırıt) — gemstone
• Lak: зумруд (zumrud) — gemstone
• Lao: ມະຣະກົດ (ma ra kot) — gemstone
• Lao: ມະລະກົດ (ma la kot) — gemstone
• Lao: ມໍຣະກົດ (mǭ ra kot) — gemstone
• Latin: smaragdus — gemstone
• Latvian: smaragds — gemstone
• Lezgi: зумруд (zumrud) — gemstone
• Ligurian: smeràldo — gemstone
• Lithuanian: smarãgdas — gemstone
• Lombard: smerald — gemstone
• Macedonian: смара́гд (smarágd) — gemstone
• Malay: zamrud — gemstone
• Malay: jumantan — gemstone
• Malayalam: മരതകം (maratakaṁ) — gemstone
• Māori: emerara — gemstone
• Middle English: emeraude — gemstone
• Mongolian: маргад (margad) — gemstone
• Nahuatl: quetzaliztli — gemstone
• Nahuatl: chalchihuitl — gemstone
• Nogai: зуьбаржат (zübarjat) — gemstone
• Occitan: esmeralda — gemstone
• Pannonian Rusyn: смараґд (smaragd) — gemstone
• Persian: زمرد (zomorrod) — gemstone
• Piedmontese: smerald — gemstone
• Polish: szmaragd — gemstone
• Portuguese: esmeralda — gemstone
• Punjabi: ਪੰਨਾ (pannā) — gemstone
• Romagnol: șmerêld — gemstone
• Vlax-Romani: šmarago — gemstone
• Romanian: smarald — gemstone
• Romanian: smarand — gemstone
• Romanian: smaragd — gemstone
• Romansh: smaragd — gemstone
• Russian: изумру́д (izumrúd) — gemstone
• Russian: смара́гд (smarágd) — gemstone
• Rutul: зымрытӏ (zɨmrɨṭ) — gemstone
• Samoan: pereketa — gemstone
• Sanskrit: मरकत (marakata) — gemstone
• Sanskrit: हरिन्मणि (harinmaṇi) — gemstone
• Scottish Gaelic: smàrag — gemstone
• Sicilian: smaraudu — gemstone
• Sicilian: smirardu — gemstone
• Slovak: smaragd — gemstone
• Slovene: smarágd — gemstone
• Lower Sorbian: smaragd — gemstone
• Upper Sorbian: smaragd — gemstone
• Spanish: esmeralda — gemstone
• Swahili: zumaridi — gemstone
• Swedish: smaragd — gemstone
• Tagalog: esmeralda — gemstone
• Tajik: зумуррад (zumurrad) — gemstone
• Tamil: மரகதம் (marakatam) — gemstone
• Tatar: зөбәрҗәт (zöbärcät) — gemstone
• Telugu: మరకతము (marakatamu) — gemstone
• Telugu: పచ్చ (pacca) — gemstone
• Thai: มรกต (mɔɔ-rá-gòt) — gemstone
• Tibetan: མར་གད (mar gad) — gemstone
• Tibetan: མ་རྒད (ma rgad) — gemstone
• Turkish: zümrüt — gemstone
• Turkmen: zümerret — gemstone
• Ukrainian: смара́гд (smaráhd) — gemstone
• Ukrainian: ізумру́д (izumrúd) — gemstone
• Urdu: زمرد (zumurrud) — gemstone
• Urdu: پنا (pannā) — gemstone
• Urdu: مرکت (marakat) — gemstone
• Uyghur: زۇمرەت (zumret) — gemstone
• Uzbek: zumrad — gemstone
• Venetan: smeraldo — gemstone
• Vietnamese: ngọc lục bảo — gemstone
• Vietnamese: bích ngọc — gemstone
• Welsh: emrallt — gemstone
• Welsh: gwyrddfaen — gemstone
• Welsh: gwerddem — gemstone
• Yiddish: שמאָראַק (shmorak) — gemstone
• Yiddish: סמאַראַגד (smaragd) — gemstone
• Arabic: أَخْضَر زُمُرُّدِيّ (akhḍar zumurrudiyy) — colour
• Arabic: خَضْرَاء زُمُرُّدِيَّة (khaḍrāʾ zumurrudiyyah) — colour
• Cherokee: ᎡᎻᎳ-ᎢᏤᏳᏍᏗ (emila-itseyusdi) — colour
• Chinese Cantonese: 翠綠 /翠绿 (ceoi3 luk6) — colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 翠綠 /翠绿 (cuìlǜ) — colour
• Finnish: smaragdinvihreä — colour
• French: émeraude — colour
• Galician: verde esmeralda — colour
• Georgian: ზურმუხტისფერი (zurmuxṭisperi) — colour
• German: Smaragdgrün — colour
• Greek: σμαραγδένιο (smaragdénio) — colour
• Greek: βαθυπράσινο (vathyprásino) — colour
• Hungarian: smaragdzöld — colour
• Japanese: エメラルド色 (emerarudo-iro) — colour
• Latvian: smaragdzaļa krāsa — colour
• Lithuanian: smarãgdas — colour
• Macedonian: смарагдна (smaragdna) — colour
• Persian: زمرد (zomorrod) — colour
• Polish: szmaragd — colour
• Portuguese: verde-esmeralda — colour
• Romanian: smaraldiu — colour
• Russian: изумру́дный — colour
• Scottish Gaelic: smàragach — colour
• Sicilian: smaraudu — colour
• Sicilian: smirardu — colour
• Spanish: verde esmeralda — colour
• Swahili: rangi ya zumaridi — colour
• Swedish: smaragdgrön — colour
• Tagalog: esmeralda — colour
• Ukrainian: смара́гдовий — colour
• Ukrainian: ізумру́дний — colour