# amethyst
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English ametist, from Old French ametiste (French améthyste), from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, “not drunk”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μεθύω (methúō, “I am drunk”), from μέθυ (méthu, “wine”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæm.ə.θɪst/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

amethyst (plural amethysts)
* A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone.
** 1894, Sir Edwin Arnold, Wandering Words, page 260:The burning evening sun lighted with mellow gold the coats of the fierce little tiger-kittens — orange silk with stripes of black velvet — the broken amethysts and ruined emeralds of the poor bird's train cruelly scattered over the trampled grass
** 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, page 128:Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
* (uncountable) A purple colour.
    amethyst:
* (heraldry) The tincture purpure, when blazoning by precious stones.
** 1726, John Guillim, The Banner Display'd, page 407:The Field is Topaz, a Lion rampant Amethyst [...]
** 1834, The Art of Heraldry; Explaining the Origin and Use of Arms and Armorial Bearings, Etc, page 14:Purple, on the arms of princes Mercury, of peers amethyst, and of commoners purpure, [is represented] by diagonal lines from the sinister chief to the dexter base.
** 1906 (printed), The Beetham Repository, 1770 (eds. William Hutton, John Rawlinson Ford), page 115:
    1st & 4th grand Quarter alike viz. Field Pearl, on a bend Sapphire 3 Buckheads, coup'd topaz for Stanley. The 2d Quarter, Field Sapphire with an inverted Chief, amethyst. The 3d, A Checque topaz & Amethyst, this seems prior to Bosworth field, to have belong'd to Sr Robt Goushill whose Dr a Stanley married [...]

#### Derived terms

* amethyst deceiver
* amethyst gold
* amethystic
* amethystine
* amethyst starling
* ametrine

#### Translations

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### Adjective

amethyst (comparative more amethyst, superlative most amethyst)
* Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone

#### Translations
### See also

* Appendix:Colors

### Further reading

* David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Amethyst”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
* “amethyst”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
* The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at

## Welsh
### Etymology

From English amethyst.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈamɛθɨ̞sd/, [ˈamɛθɨ̞st]
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈamɛθɪsd/, [ˈamɛθɪst]

### Noun

amethyst m (plural amethystau)
* amethyst

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “amethyst”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies