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sardonyx

noun · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /sɑː(ɹ)ˈdɒnɪks/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: sardonics
  • rhymes with -ɒnɪks

1

noun

Meaning 1

A gemstone having bands of red sard; a variety of onyx or chalcedony.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: onyx

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sardonix, sardonyx (c. 1382), from Latin sardonyx, from Ancient Greek σᾰρδόνῠξ (sărdónŭx). Doublet of sardoin.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սարդոնիքս (sardonikʻs) — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Catalan: sardònix — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 纏絲瑪瑙 /缠丝玛瑙 (chánsī mǎnǎo) — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Danish: sardonyks — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Estonian: sardoonüks — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Finnish: sardonyksi — gemstone banded with red sard
  • French: sardoine — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Georgian: სარდონიქსი (sardoniksi) — gemstone banded with red sard
  • German: Sardonyx — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Greek: σαρδόνυχας (sardónychas) — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Ancient Greek: σαρδόνυξ (sardónux) — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Hungarian: szardonix — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Irish: sardoinisc — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Italian: sardonice — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Japanese: サードニックス (sādonikkusu) — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Japanese: サードニクス (sādonikusu) — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Latin: sardonyx — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Latvian: sardonikss — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Lithuanian: sardoniksas — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Māori: hararonika — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Polish: sardonyks — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Polish: sardonik — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Romanian: sardonix — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Russian: сардони́кс (sardoníks) — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Spanish: sardónix — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Spanish: sardónice — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Spanish: sardónica — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Welsh: sardonics — gemstone banded with red sard
  • Yiddish: סאַרדאָניקס (sardoniks) — gemstone banded with red sard