Standard Lemma guide

rhinestone

adj · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈɹaɪnˌstoʊn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: R AY1 N S T OW2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Made of or encrusted with rhinestones.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Karl wore a cowboy hat with a rhinestone hatband when he played his country and western gigs.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An artificial diamond, strass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Lucinda sewed rhinestones into her scarf to add a bit of flair.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: strass

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To decorate with rhinestones.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rock crystal, transparent quartz

History

Etymology

From Rhine + stone; a calque of French caillou du Rhin (“Rhine pebble”).

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: изкуствен диамант (izkustven diamant) — an artificial diamond
  • Chinese Mandarin: 萊茵石 /莱茵石 — an artificial diamond
  • Faroese: rínarsteinur — an artificial diamond
  • French: strass — an artificial diamond
  • German: Strass — an artificial diamond
  • Greenlandic: aligoq — an artificial diamond
  • Hungarian: strassz — an artificial diamond
  • Ido: straso — an artificial diamond
  • Irish: réinchloch — an artificial diamond
  • Japanese: ラインストーン (rainsutōn) — an artificial diamond
  • Korean: 라인석 (rainseok) — an artificial diamond
  • Polish: stras — an artificial diamond
  • Portuguese: strass — an artificial diamond
  • Russian: страз (straz) — an artificial diamond
  • Swedish: strass — an artificial diamond
  • Welsh: rheinston — an artificial diamond