onyx

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• /ˈɒnɪks/
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From Middle English onix (c. 1300), earlier oniche (c. 1250), from Old French oniche or onix, from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”). Doublet of unguis.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جَزْع (jazʕ) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Armenian: օնիքս (ōnikʻs) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Basque: onize — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Breton: oniks — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Bulgarian: оникс (oniks) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Catalan: ònix — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Chinese Mandarin: 縞瑪瑙 /缟玛瑙 (gǎomǎnǎo) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Chinese Mandarin: 紅璧璽 /红璧玺 (hóngbìxǐ) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Czech: onyx — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Danish: onyks — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Dutch: onyx — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Estonian: oonüks — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Finnish: onyksi — a banded variety of chalcedony
• French: onyx — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Galician: ónix — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Georgian: ონიქსი (oniksi) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• German: Onyx — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Hebrew: שֹׁהַם (shóham) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Hindi: सुलैमानी पत्थर (sulaimānī patthar) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Ido: onixo — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Irish: oinisc — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Italian: onice — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Japanese: オニキス (onikisu) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Japanese: オニックス (onikkusu) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Korean: 오닉스 (onikseu) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Latin: onyx — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Latvian: onikss — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Ligurian: onice — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Lithuanian: oniksas — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Lombard: onix — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Māori: onika — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Marathi: ऑनिक्स (ŏniksa) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Norwegian: onyx — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Occitan: onix — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Persian: عقیق سلیمانی ('aqiq-e soleymâni) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Polish: onyks — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Portuguese: ónix — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Romanian: onix — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Russian: о́никс (óniks) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Serbo-Croatian: оникс — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Serbo-Croatian: oniks — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Slovene: óniks — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Spanish: ónix — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Spanish: ónice — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Spanish: ónique — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Swahili: sardoniki — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Tagalog: oniks — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Thai: โอนิกซ์ (oo-ník) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Turkish: oniks — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Ukrainian: о́нікс (óniks) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Urdu: سلیمانی پتھر (sulaimānī patthar) — a banded variety of chalcedony
• Welsh: onics — a banded variety of chalcedony