gem

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Inherited from Middle English gemme, gimme, yimme, ȝimme, from Old English ġimm, from Proto-West Germanic *gimmu (“gem”) and Old French gemme (“gem”), both from Latin gemma (“a swelling bud; jewel, gem”). Doublet of gemma and Gemma.

From Gem State.

147 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: edelsteen — precious stone
• Southern Altai: сӱреен баалу таш (süreen baalu taš) — precious stone
• Southern Altai: кыймат баалу таш (kïymat baalu taš) — precious stone
• Arabic: جَوْهَر (jawhar) — precious stone
• Arabic: جَوْهَرَة (jawhara) — precious stone
• Arabic: جوهرة (gōhara) — precious stone
• Arabic: ماسة (masa) — precious stone
• Arabic: فص (faṣ) — precious stone
• Arabic: حجر كريم (ḥagar karim) — precious stone
• Armenian: թանկարժեք քար (tʻankaržekʻ kʻar) — precious stone
• Armenian: ակ (ak) — precious stone
• Armenian: գոհար (gohar) — precious stone
• Old Armenian: ակն (akn) — precious stone
• Basque: harribitxi — precious stone
• Belarusian: кашто́ўны ка́мень (kaštówny kámjenʹ) — precious stone
• Belarusian: самацве́т (samacvjét) — precious stone
• Bulgarian: скъпоце́нен ка́мък (skǎpocénen kámǎk) — precious stone
• Burmese: ရတနာ (ra.ta.na) — precious stone
• Catalan: gemma — precious stone
• Chinese Mandarin: 玉 (yù) — precious stone
• Chinese Mandarin: 寶石 /宝石 (bǎoshí) — precious stone
• Czech: klenot — precious stone
• Czech: drahokam — precious stone
• Danish: ædelsten — precious stone
• Dutch: edelsteen — precious stone
• Esperanto: gemo — precious stone
• Esperanto: juvelo — precious stone
• Estonian: kalliskivi — precious stone
• Faroese: gimsteinur — precious stone
• Finnish: jalokivi — precious stone
• French: joyau — precious stone
• French: pierre précieuse — precious stone
• Galician: xema — precious stone
• Georgian: ძვირფასი ქვა (ʒvirpasi kva) — precious stone
• Georgian: ფერადი ქვა (peradi kva) — precious stone
• Georgian: პატიოსანი თვალი (ṗaṭiosani tvali) — precious stone
• German: Edelstein — precious stone
• German: Juwel — precious stone
• German: Kleinod — precious stone
• Greek: πολύτιμος λίθος (polýtimos líthos) — precious stone
• Greek: πετράδι (petrádi) — precious stone
• Ancient Greek: λίθος πολυτελής (líthos polutelḗs) — precious stone
• Hebrew: אֶבֶן יְקָרָה (éven yekará) — precious stone
• Hindi: मणि (maṇi) — precious stone
• Hindi: रत्न (ratna) — precious stone
• Hindi: पत्थर (patthar) — precious stone
• Hungarian: drágakő — precious stone
• Hungarian: ékkő — precious stone
• Icelandic: gimsteinn — precious stone
• Ido: juvelo — precious stone
• Indonesian: permata — precious stone
• Irish: seoid — precious stone
• Italian: gemma — precious stone
• Italian: pietra preziosa — precious stone
• Japanese: 宝石 (hōseki) — precious stone
• Khmer: ត្បូង (tboung) — precious stone
• Khmer: មណី (mĕəʼnii) — precious stone
• Korean: 보석 (boseok) — precious stone
• Lao: ພອຍ (phǭi) — precious stone
• Lao: ມະນີ (ma nī) — precious stone
• Lao: ຣະຕະນະ (ra ta na) — precious stone
• Latin: gemma — precious stone
• Latvian: dārgakmens — precious stone
• Lithuanian: brangakmenis — precious stone
• Lombard: gema — precious stone
• Macedonian: скапоцен камен (skapocen kamen) — precious stone
• Maguindanao: imu na babay — precious stone
• Malay: permata — precious stone
• Malay: jauhar — precious stone
• Maranao: montiaq — precious stone
• Marathi: रत्न (ratna) — precious stone
• Khiamniungan Naga: chài-ùlòng — precious stone
• Norwegian Bokmål: edelstein — precious stone
• Norwegian Bokmål: edelsten — precious stone
• Norwegian Nynorsk: edelstein — precious stone
• Old English: ġimm — precious stone
• Pashto: غمی (ǧamáy) — precious stone
• Persian: گوهر (gowhar) — precious stone
• Polish: kamień szlachetny — precious stone
• Polish: klejnot — precious stone
• Portuguese: gema — precious stone
• Portuguese: pedra preciosa — precious stone
• Romanian: nestemată — precious stone
• Romanian: piatră prețioasă — precious stone
• Romanian: gemă — precious stone
• Russian: драгоце́нный ка́мень (dragocénnyj kámenʹ) — precious stone
• Russian: самоцве́т (samocvét) — precious stone
• Sanskrit: मणि (maṇi) — precious stone
• Sanskrit: रत्न (ratna) — precious stone
• Scottish Gaelic: neamhnaid — precious stone
• Serbo-Croatian: драгуљ — precious stone
• Serbo-Croatian: dragulj — precious stone
• Slovak: klenot — precious stone
• Slovak: drahokam — precious stone
• Slovene: dragulj — precious stone
• Spanish: alhaja — precious stone
• Spanish: gema — precious stone
• Spanish: camafeo — precious stone
• Swahili: johari — precious stone
• Swedish: juvel — precious stone
• Swedish: ädelsten — precious stone
• Tajik: гавҳар (gavhar) — precious stone
• Tausug: bidduri — precious stone
• Tausug: palmata — precious stone
• Thai: พลอย (plɔɔi) — precious stone
• Thai: จินดา (jin-daa) — precious stone
• Thai: รัตน์ (rát) — precious stone
• Tibetan: ཕྲ (phra) — precious stone
• Tocharian B: wamer — precious stone
• Tocharian B: naumiye — precious stone
• Tocharian B: prāp — precious stone
• Turkish: mücevher — precious stone
• Ottoman Turkish: جوهر (cevher) — precious stone
• Ugaritic: 𐎑𐎅𐎗 (ẓhr) — precious stone
• Ukrainian: дорогоці́нний ка́мінь (dorohocínnyj káminʹ) — precious stone
• Ukrainian: кошто́вний ка́мінь (koštóvnyj káminʹ) — precious stone
• Ukrainian: самоцві́т (samocvít) — precious stone
• Urdu: جوہر (jauhar) — precious stone
• Urdu: گَوہر (gauhar) — precious stone
• Uzbek: javohir — precious stone
• Uzbek: gavhar — precious stone
• Vietnamese: đá quý — precious stone
• Welsh: gem — precious stone
• Yiddish: אבֿן־טובֿ (evn-tov) — precious stone
• Bulgarian: съкровище (sǎkrovište) — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Danish: perle — precious or highly valued thing or person
• French: merle blanc — precious or highly valued thing or person
• French: oiseau rare — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Georgian: მარგალიტი (margaliṭi) — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Georgian: განძი (ganʒi) — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Georgian: ძვირფასეულობა (ʒvirpaseuloba) — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Greek: διαμάντι (diamánti) — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Greek: κόσμημα (kósmima) — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Italian: gemma — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Italian: perla — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Italian: chicca — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Pashto: غمی (ghamai) — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Polish: klejnot — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Polish: perła — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Polish: skarb — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Portuguese: pérola — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Russian: жемчу́жина (žemčúžina) — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Russian: драгоце́нность (dragocénnostʹ) — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Scottish Gaelic: neamhnaid — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Spanish: primor — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Swahili: johari — precious or highly valued thing or person
• Swedish: guldklimp — precious or highly valued thing or person