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Any gem, such as a diamond or ruby, that is expensive because of its rarity or desirability; especially one set into a piece of jewelry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jewel, gem
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: jewelry, jewellery
Narrower terms: crown jewel, solitaire, diamond, ruby, pearl, emerald, sapphire
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
جَوْهَر
(jawhar)
— gem
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Arabic:
جَوْهَرَة
(jawhara)
— gem
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Arabic:
جوهر
(gōhar)
— gem
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Armenian:
թանկարժեք քար
(tʻankaržekʻ kʻar)
— gem
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Armenian:
գոհար
(gohar)
— gem
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Asturian:
piedra preciosa
— gem
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Azerbaijani:
daş-qaş
— gem
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Azerbaijani:
gövhər
— gem
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Azerbaijani:
cavahir
— gem
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Azerbaijani:
cövhər
— gem
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Azerbaijani:
qiymətli daş
— gem
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Azerbaijani:
qaş
— gem
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Azerbaijani:
cavahirat
— gem
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Bashkir:
аҫыл таш
(aśıl taş)
— gem
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Basque:
harribitxi
— gem
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Belarusian:
кашто́ўны ка́мень
(kaštówny kámjenʹ)
— gem
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Bengali:
জওহর
(joōhor)
— gem
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Bulgarian:
скъпоце́нен ка́мък
(skǎpocénen kámǎk)
— gem
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Burmese:
ရတနာ
(ra.ta.na)
— gem
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Catalan:
pedra preciosa
— gem
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Chinese Mandarin:
寶石 /宝石
(bǎoshí)
— gem
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Czech:
drahokam
— gem
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Danish:
ædelsten
— gem
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Dutch:
edelsteen
— gem
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Estonian:
vääriskivi
— gem
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Finnish:
jalokivi
— gem
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French:
pierre précieuse
— gem
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Galician:
pedra preciosa
— gem
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Georgian:
თვალი
(tvali)
— gem
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Georgian:
ძვირფასი ქვა
(ʒvirpasi kva)
— gem
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Georgian:
პატიოსანი თვალი
(ṗaṭiosani tvali)
— gem
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Georgian:
ფერადი ქვა
(peradi kva)
— gem
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German:
Edelstein
— gem
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Hindi:
रत्न
(ratna)
— gem
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Hindi:
जवाहर
(javāhar)
— gem
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Hungarian:
drágakő
— gem
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Italian:
gemma
— gem
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Italian:
pietra preziosa
— gem
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Japanese:
宝石
(hōseki)
— gem
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Korean:
보석
(boseok)
— gem
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Latin:
gemma
— gem
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Latvian:
dārgakmens
— gem
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Lithuanian:
brangakmenis
— gem
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Macedonian:
скапоцен камен
(skapocen kamen)
— gem
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Norwegian Bokmål:
edelstein
— gem
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Norwegian Bokmål:
edelsten
— gem
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
edelstein
— gem
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Occitan:
pèira preciosa
— gem
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Old English:
eorcnanstan
— gem
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Old English:
eorclanstan
— gem
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Persian:
گوهر
(gowhar)
— gem
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Polish:
kamień szlachetny
— gem
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Polish:
klejnot
— gem
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Portuguese:
pedra preciosa
— gem
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Punjabi:
ਜੌਹਰ
(jauhar)
— gem
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Romanian:
piatră scumpă
— gem
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Romanian:
piatră prețioasă
— gem
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Russian:
драгоце́нный ка́мень
(dragocénnyj kámenʹ)
— gem
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Sanskrit:
मणि
(maṇi)
— gem
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Sanskrit:
रत्न
(ratna)
— gem
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Serbo-Croatian:
дра̀гӯљ
— gem
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Serbo-Croatian:
dràgūlj
— gem
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Slovak:
drahokam
— gem
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Slovene:
dragulj
— gem
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Spanish:
piedra preciosa
— gem
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Swahili:
jiwe la thamani
— gem
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Swedish:
ädelsten
— gem
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Tajik:
гавҳар
(gavhar)
— gem
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Thai:
รัตนชาติ
(rát-dtà-ná-châat)
— gem
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Turkish:
değerli taş
— gem
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Ottoman Turkish:
جوهر
(cevher)
— gem
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Ukrainian:
дорогоці́нний ка́мінь
(dorohocínnyj káminʹ)
— gem
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Ukrainian:
кошто́вний ка́мінь
(koštóvnyj káminʹ)
— gem
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Uzbek:
javhar
— gem
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Vietnamese:
đá quý
— gem
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Vietnamese:
ngọc
— gem
