adj
Meaning 1
Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
turquoise
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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UK: /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪz/
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UK: /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪs/
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UK, dated: /ˈtɜː(ɹ).kwɑːz/
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US: /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪz/
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US: /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪs/
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adj
Meaning 2
Having a pale greenish-blue colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 4
A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
a shade of blue tinged with green
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: greenish blue, aqua, aquamarine, cobalt blue, peacock blue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blue, blueness
noun
Meaning 6
a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mineral, opaque gem
History
Etymology
From Middle French turquoise, from Old French (pierre) turquoise (“Turkish (stone)”), from turc + -ois. The stone, mined near Nishapur in the Khorasan region of Persia, was originally brought to Europe through Turkey. Doublet of Turkish.
Across languages
Translations
224 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: փիրուզե (pʻiruze) — made of turquoise
- Bulgarian: тюркоа́зен (tjurkoázen) — made of turquoise
- Georgian: ფირუზი (piruzi) — made of turquoise
- German: aus Türkis — made of turquoise
- Hungarian: türkiz — made of turquoise
- Italian: di turchese — made of turquoise
- Japanese: トルコ石の (toruko ishi no) — made of turquoise
- Latin: callainus — made of turquoise
- Polish: turkusowy — made of turquoise
- Romanian: de turcoază — made of turquoise
- Romanian: de peruzea — made of turquoise
- Russian: бирюзо́вый (birjuzóvyj) — made of turquoise
- Serbo-Croatian: тиркизан — made of turquoise
- Serbo-Croatian: tirkizan — made of turquoise
- Armenian: փիրուզագույն (pʻiruzaguyn) — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Belarusian: бірузо́вы (biruzóvy) — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Bulgarian: тюркоа́зен (tjurkoázen) — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Catalan: turquesa — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Czech: tyrkysový — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Danish: turkis — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Dutch: turkoois — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Esperanto: turkisa — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Finnish: turkoosi — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Finnish: turkoosinvärinen — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- French: turquoise — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Galician: turquesa — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Georgian: ფირუზისფერი (piruzisperi) — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- German: türkis — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Ancient Greek: καλάϊνος (kaláïnos) — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Hindi: फ़िरोज़ा (firozā) — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Hungarian: türkiz — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Hungarian: türkizkék — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Interlingua: turchese — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Italian: turchese — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Japanese: ターコイズブルーの (tākoizu burū no) — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Latin: callainus — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Norwegian Bokmål: turkis — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Norwegian Bokmål: turkisblå — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Norwegian Nynorsk: turkis — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Norwegian Nynorsk: turkisblå — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Persian: فیروزهای (firuze-i) — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Polish: turkusowy — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Portuguese: turquesa — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Portuguese: turquesino — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Portuguese: turquesado — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Romanian: turcoaz — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Russian: бирюзо́вый (birjuzóvyj) — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Serbo-Croatian: тиркизан — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Serbo-Croatian: tirkizan — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Spanish: turquesa — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Swedish: turkos — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Swedish: turkosfärgad — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Turkish: turkuaz — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Ukrainian: бірюзо́вий (birjuzóvyj) — having a pale greenish-blue colour
- Arabic: فَيْرُوز (fayrūz) — gemstone
- Arabic: فيروز (fayrūz) — gemstone
- Arabic: تركواز (terkwæːr) — gemstone
- Armenian: փիրուզ (pʻiruz) — gemstone
- Avar: пируза (piruza) — gemstone
- Azerbaijani: firuzə — gemstone
- Bashkir: фирүзә (firüzə) — gemstone
- Belarusian: біруза́ (biruzá) — gemstone
- Bengali: ফিরোজা (phirōja) — gemstone
- Bulgarian: тюркоа́з (tjurkoáz) — gemstone
- Buryat: оюу (ojuu) — gemstone
- Catalan: turquesa — gemstone
- Chinese Cantonese: 綠松石 /绿松石 (luk6 cung4 sek6) — gemstone
- Chinese Mandarin: 綠松石 /绿松石 (lǜsōngshí) — gemstone
- Coptic: ⲟⲭⲓⲱⲛ (okhiōn) — gemstone
- Coptic: ⲁⲃⲉⲣⲏϫ (aberēj) — gemstone
- Crimean Tatar: feruze — gemstone
- Czech: tyrkys — gemstone
- Danish: turkis — gemstone
- Dutch: turkoois — gemstone
- Dzongkha: གཡུ (g.yu) — gemstone
- Egyptian: m-f:kA- t (mfkꜣt) — gemstone
- Esperanto: turkiso — gemstone
- Estonian: türkiis — gemstone
- Finnish: turkoosi — gemstone
- French: turquoise — gemstone
- Galician: turquesa — gemstone
- Georgian: ფირუზი (piruzi) — gemstone
- German: Türkis — gemstone
- Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz) — gemstone
- Greek: περουζές (perouzés) — gemstone
- Ancient Greek: κάλαϊς (kálaïs) — gemstone
- Gujarati: પીરોજ (pīroj) — gemstone
- Hebrew: טוּרְקִיז (turkíz) — gemstone
- Hindi: फ़ीरोज़ा (fīrozā) — gemstone
- Hindi: पीरोज़ा (pīrozā) — gemstone
- Hindi: पेरोज (peroj) — gemstone
- Hindi: पेरज (peraj) — gemstone
- Hungarian: türkiz — gemstone
- Indonesian: pirus — gemstone
- Italian: turchese — gemstone
- Japanese: トルコ石 (toruko ishi) — gemstone
- Japanese: ターコイズ (tākoizu) — gemstone
- Kalmyk: ойюн (oyyun) — gemstone
- Karachay-Balkar: файруз (fayruz) — gemstone
- Karakalpak: piruza — gemstone
- Kazakh: көктас (köktas) — gemstone
- Kazakh: бирюза (birüza) — gemstone
- Korean: 터키옥 (teokiok) — gemstone
- Korean: 터키석 (teokiseok) — gemstone
- Kumyk: перезе (pereze) — gemstone
- Northern Kurdish: feyroz — gemstone
- Kyrgyz: бирюза (biryuza) — gemstone
- Lak: пирузи (piruzi) — gemstone
- Latin: callais — gemstone
- Latvian: tirkīzs — gemstone
- Lezgi: фируз (firuz) — gemstone
- Lithuanian: turkis — gemstone
- Macedonian: тиркиз (tirkiz) — gemstone
- Malay: firus — gemstone
- Mongolian: оюу (ojuu) — gemstone
- Nahuatl: xihuitl — gemstone
- Navajo: dootłʼizhii — gemstone
- Norwegian Bokmål: turkis — gemstone
- Norwegian Nynorsk: turkis — gemstone
- Old Uyghur: 𐽽𐽰𐽽 (čač) — gemstone
- Persian: فیروزه (firuze) — gemstone
- Persian: پیروزه (piruze) — gemstone
- Polish: turkus — gemstone
- Portuguese: turquesa — gemstone
- Punjabi: فِیروزَہ (fīrozah) — gemstone
- Romanian: turcoază — gemstone
- Romanian: peruzea — gemstone
- Russian: бирюза́ (birjuzá) — gemstone
- Sanskrit: पेरोज (peroja) — gemstone
- Serbo-Croatian: тѝркӣз — gemstone
- Serbo-Croatian: мо̀дрӯљ — gemstone
- Serbo-Croatian: tìrkīz — gemstone
- Serbo-Croatian: mòdrūlj — gemstone
- Slovak: tyrkys — gemstone
- Slovene: turkiz — gemstone
- Spanish: turquesa — gemstone
- Swahili: feruzi — gemstone
- Swedish: turkos — gemstone
- Tagalog: turkesa — gemstone
- Tajik: фирӯза (firüza) — gemstone
- Tatar: фирәзә (firäzä) — gemstone
- Tibetan: གཡུ (g.yu) — gemstone
- Turkish: turkuaz — gemstone
- Turkish: firuze — gemstone
- Turkmen: firuza — gemstone
- Udi: пуьруьз (pürüz) — gemstone
- Ukrainian: ту́ркус (túrkus) — gemstone
- Ukrainian: бірюза́ (birjuzá) — gemstone
- Ukrainian: піруза (piruza) — gemstone
- Ukrainian: фіруза (firuza) — gemstone
- Unami: aonahsën — gemstone
- Urdu: فِیروزَہ (fīrozā) — gemstone
- Uyghur: بىريۇزا (biryuza) — gemstone
- Uyghur: бирйуза (biryuza) — gemstone
- Uzbek: feruza — gemstone
- Vietnamese: ngọc lam — gemstone
- Albanian: gurkali — colour
- Arabic: فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy) — colour
- Arabic: تركواز (terkwāz) — colour
- Armenian: փիրուզագույն (pʻiruzaguyn) — colour
- Azerbaijani: firuzəyi — colour
- Bengali: ফিরোজা (phirōja) — colour
- Bulgarian: тюркоа́з (tjurkoáz) — colour
- Catalan: turquesa — colour
- Czech: tyrkysový — colour
- Czech: tyrkysová — colour
- Dutch: turkoois — colour
- Dutch: turkooise — colour
- Dzongkha: གཡུ་མདོག (g.yu mdog) — colour
- Esperanto: turkisa — colour
- Finnish: turkoosi — colour
- French: turquoise — colour
- Galician: turquesa — colour
- Georgian: ფირუზი (piruzi) — colour
- German: türkis — colour
- Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz) — colour
- Hindi: फ़िरोज़ी (firozī) — colour
- Hungarian: türkiz — colour
- Hungarian: türkizkék — colour
- Icelandic: grænblár — colour
- Indonesian: toska — colour
- Indonesian: pirus — colour
- Indonesian: biru pirus — colour
- Italian: turchese — colour
- Japanese: ターコイズブルー (tākoizu burū) — colour
- Kaitag: женгер (ženger) — colour
- Northern Kurdish: feyrozî — colour
- Latin: callainus — colour
- Lithuanian: turkio spalva — colour
- Malay: firus — colour
- Malay: terusi — colour
- Māori: kārikiōrangi — colour
- Mongolian: оюу ногоон өнгө (ojuu nogoon öngö) — colour
- Nahuatl: xihuitl — colour
- Nahuatl: xippālli — colour
- Navajo: dootłʼizhii — colour
- Navajo: dootłʼizh — colour
- Nepali: फेरीज (pherīj) — colour
- Persian: فیروزهای (firuze-i) — colour
- Polish: kolor turkusowy — colour
- Portuguese: turquesa — colour
- Quechua: anqas umiña — colour
- Romanian: turcoaz — colour
- Romanian: turchez — colour
- Russian: бирюзо́вый (birjuzóvyj) — colour
- Sanskrit: पेरोज (peroja) — colour
- Serbo-Croatian: тиркизна — colour
- Serbo-Croatian: модруљаста — colour
- Serbo-Croatian: tirkizna — colour
- Serbo-Croatian: modruljasta — colour
- Spanish: turquesa — colour
- Swahili: rangi ya feruzi — colour
- Swedish: turkos — colour
- Swedish: turkosfärg — colour
- Tajik: фирӯза (firüza) — colour
- Turkish: turkuaz — colour
- Turkish: firuze — colour
- Ukrainian: ту́ркусовий (túrkusovyj) — colour
- Ukrainian: пірузо́вий (piruzóvyj) — colour
- Ukrainian: бірюзо́вий (birjuzóvyj) — colour
- Vietnamese: xanh thổ — colour
- Vietnamese: xanh ngọc — colour
- Vietnamese: màu ngọc lam — colour
- Vietnamese: màu lam ngọc — colour
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