# diamant
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch diamant, from Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas. Doublet of daaiman. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

diamant (plural diamante, diminutive diamantjie)
* diamond

#### Derived terms

* bloeddiamant
* diamantmyn

## Albanian
### Noun

diamant
* diamond

### Further reading

* “diamant”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
* “diamant”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

## Aragonese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French and Old French diamant

### Noun

diamant
* diamond

## Breton
### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

diamant ? (plural diamantoù)
* diamond (gemstone)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French and Old French diamant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [di.əˈman]
* IPA: (Balearic) [di.əˈmant]
* IPA: (Valencia) [di.aˈmant]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

diamant m (plural diamants)
* diamond (gem)
* Any of various species of estrildid finches in the obsolete subfamily Poephilinae.

#### Derived terms

* diamant zebrat

### See also

Suits in Catalan · colls (layout · text) :
| cors | diamants | piques | trèvols |

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from French and Old French diamant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɪjamant]

### Noun

diamant m inan
* diamond

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “diamant”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “diamant”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* diamant in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

## Danish
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin diamans, probably from metathesis of Late Latin adimas, from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diaˈmanˀd/

### Noun

diamant c (singular definite diamanten, plural indefinite diamanter)
* diamond (mineral)

#### Declension
### References

* “diamant” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Medieval Latin and Late Latin diamas, variant of Latin adamas.
The typographic use derives from Dirck Voskens, who first cut it around 1700 and presumably named it by analogy with the larger parel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌdi.aːˈmɑnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: di‧a‧mant
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

### Noun

diamant n (uncountable)
* (mineralogy) diamond (substance)

### Noun

diamant m (plural diamanten, diminutive diamantje n)
* a diamond
* (uncountable, printing, dated) the size of type between kwart cicero (excelsior) and parel, equivalent to English brilliant and standardized as 4 point

#### Derived terms

* bloeddiamant
* diamantmijn

#### Descendants

* (diamond):
** Afrikaans: diamant
** → Sranan Tongo: dyamanti
*** → Saramaccan: djamátisítónu
* (font size):
** → English: diamond
** → French: diamant
** → German: Diamant
** → Italian: diamante
** → Spanish: diamante

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dja.mɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, probably from metathesis of adimas (whence aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

#### Noun

diamant m (plural diamants)
* diamond (gem)
* diamond (shape)
* needle (of a record player)

##### Derived terms

* diamant mandarin
* diamantaire
* diamanter
* diamantifère
* diamantin

##### Descendants

* → Czech: diamant
* → Romanian: diamant

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger perle.

#### Noun

diamant m (uncountable)
* (uncountable, printing, dated) excelsior (a small size of type, standardized as 3 point)

### Further reading

* “diamant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* damnait, mandait

## Friulian
### Noun

diamant m (plural diamants)
* diamond

## Irish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdʲiˑəmˠən̪ˠt̪ˠ/

### Noun

diamant m (genitive singular diamaint, nominative plural diamaint)
* diamond (mineral)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
diamant
diamaint
vocative
a dhiamaint
a dhiamanta
genitive
diamaint
diamant
dative
diamant
diamaint
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an diamant
na diamaint
genitive
an diamaint
na ndiamant
dative
leis an diamant don diamant
leis na diamaint :

#### Derived terms

* diamantmhar (“diamantiferous”, adjective)
* rósdiamant m (“rose(-diamond)”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diamant”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “diamant”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “diamant”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old French diamant.

### Noun

diamant m
* diamond

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: diamant
** (diamond):
*** Afrikaans: diamant
*** → Sranan Tongo: dyamanti
**** → Saramaccan: djamátisítónu
** (font size):
*** → English: diamond
*** → French: diamant
*** → German: Diamant
*** → Italian: diamante
*** → Spanish: diamante

### Further reading

* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “diamant”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, probably from metathesis of adimas (whence aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

### Noun

diamant m (plural diamans)
* diamond

#### Descendants

* French: diamant
** → Czech: diamant
** → Romanian: diamant

### References

* diamant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

### Noun

diamant m (definite singular diamanten, indefinite plural diamanter, definite plural diamantene)
* diamond (uncountable: mineral)
    Kongen bar en krone av gull, besatt med diamanter.The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.
    Sagen er belagt med diamant.The saw is coated with diamond.
* the smallest typeface in letterpress printing

#### Derived terms

* diamantbor
* diamantbrosje
* diamantbryllup
* diamantglans
* diamantglitrende
* diamantgruve
* diamanthalsbånd
* diamanthandler
* diamanthard
* diamantholdig
* diamantjubileum
* diamantring
* diamantsliper
* diamantsmykke
* uslepen diamant
* uslipt diamant

### References

* “diamant” in The Ordnett Dictionary
* “diamant” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “diamond”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

### Noun

diamant m (definite singular diamanten, indefinite plural diamantar, definite plural diamantane)
* diamond (uncountable: mineral)
    Kongen bar ei krone av gull, innsett med diamantar.The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.
    Saga er innsett med diamant.The saw is coated with diamond.
* the smallest typeface in letterpress printing

#### Derived terms

* diamantbor
* diamantbrosje
* diamantbryllaup
* diamantglans
* diamantglitrande
* diamantgruve
* diamanthaldig
* diamanthalsband
* diamanthandlar
* diamanthard
* diamantring
* diamantslipar
* diamantsmykke
* uslipa diamant
* uslipt diamant

### References

* “diamant” in The Ordnett Dictionary
* “diamant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “diamond”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology

From Late Latin diamas, probably from metathesis of adimas (whence aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

### Noun

diamant oblique singular, m (oblique plural diamanz or diamantz, nominative singular diamanz or diamantz, nominative plural diamant)
* diamond

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: diamant
* → Middle Dutch: diamant
** Dutch: diamant
*** (diamond):
**** Afrikaans: diamant
**** → Sranan Tongo: dyamanti
***** → Saramaccan: djamátisítónu
*** (font size):
**** → English: diamond
**** → French: diamant
**** → German: Diamant
**** → Italian: diamante
**** → Spanish: diamante
* → Middle English: dyamaunt, diamaunt, diamand, dyamawnte, diamaund, deamaunt
** English: diamond
** Scots: diamant
* Middle French: diamant
** French: diamant
*** → Czech: diamant
*** → Romanian: diamant
* → Irish: diamant

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French diamant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.aˈmant/

### Noun

diamant n (plural diamante)
* diamond
    Synonym: adamant

#### Declension
### Further reading

* diamant in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* diamànt (Sutsilvan)

### Etymology

See diamànt

### Noun

diamant m (plural diamants)
* (mineralogy, gemstone, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) diamond

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdi̯amant]

### Noun

diamant m inan (relational adjective diamantový)
* diamond

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “diamant”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

From French and Old French diamant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dijamàːnt/, /dijamáːnt/

### Noun

dijamānt m inan
* diamond

#### Derived terms

* diamánten

### Further reading

* “diamant”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Noun

diamant c
* (uncountable) the mineral diamond
* (countable) the gem stone diamond, whether cut or not

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | diamant | diamants |
| singular | definite | diamanten | diamantens |
| plural | indefinite | diamanter | diamanters |
| plural | definite | diamanterna | diamanternas |

#### See also

* diamantborr

### Anagrams

* inmatad