sapphire

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsæf.aɪ̯ə/
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• General-American: /ˈsæf.aɪ̯əɹ/
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From Middle English saphir, from Old French saphir, from Latin sapphir, sappir, sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros, “precious stone, gem”), from a Semitic language such as Hebrew סַפִּיר (sappī́r, “lapis lazuli”), originally from Assyrian Akkadian šipirtu (“lapis lazuli”).

180 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 蓝宝石 (lán bǎoshí) — colour
• Dutch: saffierblauw — colour
• Dutch: saffierblauwe — colour
• Finnish: safiirinsininen — colour
• French: saphir — colour
• Georgian: საფირისფერი (sapirisperi) — colour
• German: saphirblau — colour
• German: strahlend blau — colour
• Greek: ζαφειρένιος (zafeirénios) — colour
• Icelandic: safírblár — colour
• Japanese: サファイア色 (safaiairo) — colour
• Norwegian: safirblå — colour
• Polish: szafirowy — colour
• Swedish: safirblå — colour
• Turkish: safir mavisi — colour
• Afrikaans: saffier — gem
• Arabic: يَاقُوت (yāqūt) — gem
• Arabic: زَفِير (zafīr) — gem
• Arabic: ياقوت (yaʔūt) — gem
• Aragonese: zafir — gem
• Armenian: շափյուղա (šapʻyuġa) — gem
• Asturian: zafil — gem
• Bulgarian: сапфир (sapfir) — gem
• Burmese: နီလာ (nila) — gem
• Catalan: safir — gem
• Cherokee: ᏌᏆᏯ (saquaya) — gem
• Chichewa: safiro — gem
• Chinese Mandarin: 藍寶石 /蓝宝石 (lánbǎoshí) — gem
• Corsican: zaffiru — gem
• Czech: safír — gem
• Danish: safir — gem
• Dutch: saffier — gem
• Esperanto: safiro — gem
• Estonian: safiir — gem
• Fijian: safairi — gem
• Finnish: safiiri — gem
• French: saphir — gem
• West-Frisian: saffier — gem
• Friulian: zafîr — gem
• Galician: zafiro — gem
• Georgian: საფირონი (sapironi) — gem
• German: Saphir — gem
• Greek: ζαφείρι (zafeíri) — gem
• Ancient Greek: σάπφειρος (sáppheiros) — gem
• Hausa: saffir — gem
• Hawaiian: sapeira — gem
• Hebrew: סַפִּיר (sappír) — gem
• Hindi: नीलम (nīlam) — gem
• Hindi: इंद्रनील (indranīl) — gem
• Hindi: नीलमणि (nīlamṇi) — gem
• Hindi: याकूत (yākūt) — gem
• Hindi: याक़ूत (yāqūt) — gem
• Hungarian: zafír — gem
• Hungarian: szafír — gem
• Icelandic: safír — gem
• Indonesian: batu nilam — gem
• Indonesian: safir — gem
• Interlingua: sapphiro — gem
• Irish: saifír — gem
• Italian: zaffiro — gem
• Japanese: サファイア (safaia) — gem
• Javanese: safir — gem
• Jingpho: nila — gem
• Kannada: ನೀಲಮಣಿ (nīlamaṇi) — gem
• Kannada: ಇಂದ್ರನೀಲ (indranīla) — gem
• Kazakh: жақұт (jaqūt) — gem
• Khmer: កណ្ដៀង (kɑndiəng) — gem
• Korean: 사파이어 (sapaieo) — gem
• Kyrgyz: жакут (jakut) — gem
• Lao: ນິນ (nin) — gem
• Lao: ນິລະ (ni la) — gem
• Latin: hyacinthus — gem
• Latin: sapphīrus — gem
• Latvian: safīrs — gem
• Ligurian: zafìro — gem
• Lithuanian: safyras — gem
• Lombard: zafir — gem
• Macedonian: сафир (safir) — gem
• Malagasy: safira — gem
• Malay: batu nilam — gem
• Malay: nilakandi — gem
• Maltese: żaffir — gem
• Marathi: नीळ (nīḷ) — gem
• Marathi: नीलम (nīlam) — gem
• Marathi: नीलमणी (nīlamṇī) — gem
• Marathi: इंद्रनील (indranīl) — gem
• Māori: hapaira — gem
• Middle English: jacynct — gem
• Middle English: saphir — gem
• Mon: နဳလာ — gem
• Mongolian: индранил (indranil) — gem
• Norwegian Bokmål: safir — gem
• Norwegian Nynorsk: safir — gem
• Occitan: safir — gem
• Old Galician-Portuguese: çafil — gem
• Persian: یاقوت کبود (yâqut-e kabud) — gem
• Persian: آسمانگونی (âsmânguni) — gem
• Persian: آسمانجونی (âsmânjuni) — gem
• Piedmontese: zàfir — gem
• Polish: szafir — gem
• Portuguese: safira — gem
• Romagnol: ẓafìr — gem
• Romanian: safir — gem
• Russian: сапфи́р (sapfír) — gem
• Rwanda-Rundi: safiro — gem
• Samoan: safaira — gem
• Sanskrit: इन्द्रनील (indranīla) — gem
• Serbo-Croatian: са̀фӣр — gem
• Serbo-Croatian: sàfīr — gem
• Shan: ၼီႇလႃႇ (nìi làa) — gem
• Shan: သႅင်ၵႃၶၢပ်ႇ (sěng kǎa khàap) — gem
• Shan: သႅင်သွမ်ႇ (sěng sàum) — gem
• Shona: safiri — gem
• Slovak: zafír — gem
• Slovene: safir — gem
• Somali: safayr — gem
• Sotho: safire — gem
• Spanish: zafiro — gem
• Sundanese: sapir — gem
• Swahili: yakuti samawi — gem
• Swedish: safir — gem
• Tagalog: sapiro — gem
• Tahitian: safaia — gem
• Tajik: сапфир (sapfir) — gem
• Thai: ไพลิน (pai-lin) — gem
• Thai: แซปไฟร์ — gem
• Thai: นิลกาฬ (nin-lá-gaan) — gem
• Tongan: safaili — gem
• Turkish: safir — gem
• Ukrainian: сапфі́р (sapfír) — gem
• Urdu: نیلم (nīlam) — gem
• Uyghur: كۆك ياقۇت (kök yaqut) — gem
• Uzbek: sapfir — gem
• Vietnamese: xa-phia — gem
• Welsh: saffir — gem
• Welsh: glasem — gem
• Xhosa: isafire — gem
• Yakut: сапфир (sapfir) — gem
• Yiddish: שאַפֿיר (shafir) — gem
• Zulu: isafire — gem
• Arabic: يَاقُوت (yāqūt) — corundum
• Finnish: safiiri — corundum
• Greek: σάπφειρος (sápfeiros) — corundum
• Hindi: याकूत (yākūt) — corundum
• Hindi: याक़ूत (yāqūt) — corundum
• Hindi: नीलम (nīlam) — corundum
• Hindi: नीलमणि (nīlamṇi) — corundum
• Hindi: इंद्रनील (indranīl) — corundum
• Hindi: कुरुविंद (kuruvind) — corundum
• Japanese: サファイア (safaia) — corundum
• Middle English: saphir — corundum
• Occitan: safir — corundum
• Spanish: zafiro — corundum
• Thai: ไพลิน (pai-lin) — corundum
• Thai: นิลกาฬ (nin-lá-gaan) — corundum
• Turkish: safir — corundum
• Ukrainian: сапфі́р (sapfír) — corundum
• Arabic: أَزْرَق يَاقُوتِيّ (ʔazraq yāqūtiyy) — colour
• Bulgarian: тъмносин (tǎmnosin) — colour
• Cherokee: ᏌᏆᏯ-ᏌᎪᏂᎨᎢ (saquaya-sagonigei) — colour
• Dutch: saffierblauw — colour
• German: Saphirblau — colour
• Greek: ζαφειρένιο (zafeirénio) — colour
• Icelandic: safírblár — colour
• Khmer: កណ្ដៀង (kɑndiəng) — colour
• Korean: 사파이어색 (sapaieosaek) — colour
• Middle English: jacynct — colour
• Norwegian: safirblå — colour
• Occitan: safir — colour
• Swedish: safirblå — colour
• Ukrainian: сапфі́ровий (sapfírovyj) — colour
• Ukrainian: сапфі́рний (sapfírnyj) — colour
• Catalan: colibrí safir — type of hummingbird
• Czech: kolibřík modrobradý — type of hummingbird
• Dutch: blauwkeelsaffierkolibrie — type of hummingbird
• Finnish: sinileukakolibri — type of hummingbird
• French: colibri à menton bleu — type of hummingbird
• Occitan: colibrí gòrjablava — type of hummingbird
• Portuguese: beija-flor-de-garganta-azul — type of hummingbird
• Spanish: esmeralda gorgiazul — type of hummingbird