jade
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”). (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side.)
Inflected forms:
form: jades
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: jades
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: jading
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: jaded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: jaded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.
gloss: A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: [T]he Mind once jaded by an attempt above its Power, it either is diſabl'd for the future, or elſe checks at any vigorous Undertaking ever after, at leaſt is very hardly brought to exert its Force again on any Subject that requires Thought and Meditation.
gloss: To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: The nere-yet beaten Horſe of Parthia, / We haue iaded out o'th' Field.
gloss: To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: I do not now foole my ſelfe, to let imagination iade mee; for euery reaſon excites to this, that my Lady loues me.
Related words: agate
californite
greenstone
nephrite
quartz
serpentine
yulan
Derived words: bejade
Caledon jade green
dwarf jade
golden jade
hard jade
imperial jade
Jade City
jade egg
jade gate
jade green
jadeite
jadelike
jade plant
jadesheen
jade stalk
jade vine
jadeware
jadish
jadite
jady
new jade
nonjade
pseudojade
red jade
soft jade
vat jade green
vesuvianite jade
Vesuvian jade
jaded
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: jade
lang: Ahtna
word: tsae baa
lang: Arabic
word: يَشْم
roman: yašm
lang: Arabic
word: يَشْب
roman: yašb
lang: Armenian
word: նեֆրիտ
roman: nefrit
lang: Baba Malay
word: giok
lang: Basque
word: jade
lang: Belarusian
word: нефры́т
roman: njefrýt
lang: Belarusian
word: жад
roman: žad
lang: Bulgarian
word: нефрит
roman: nefrit
lang: Burmese
word: ကျောက်စိမ်း
roman: kyaukcim:
lang: Catalan
word: jade
lang: Chinese
word: 玉
roman: yù
lang: Chinese
word: 玉石
roman: yùshí
lang: Corsican
word: ghjada
lang: Corsican
word: ghjadu
lang: Corsican
word: ghiada
lang: Czech
word: jadeit
lang: Danish
word: jade
lang: Dutch
word: jade
lang: Dzongkha
word: གཡང་ཊི
roman: g.yang ṭi
lang: Esperanto
word: jado
lang: Faroese
word: játa
lang: Faroese
word: jada
lang: Finnish
word: jade
lang: French
word: jade
lang: Friulian
word: jade
lang: Galician
word: xade
lang: Georgian
word: ნეფრიტი
roman: nepriṭi
lang: German
word: Jade
lang: Greek
word: νεφρίτης
roman: nefrítis
lang: Hebrew
word: יַרְקָן
roman: yarqán
lang: Hindi
word: हरिताश्म
roman: haritāśma
lang: Hungarian
word: jáde
lang: Ido
word: jado
lang: Indonesian
word: giok
lang: Irish
word: séad
lang: Italian
word: giada
lang: Japanese
word: 翡翠
roman: hisui
lang: Javanese
word: giok
lang: Khmer
word: យក់
roman: yŭək
lang: Korean
word: 비취
roman: bichwi
lang: Korean
word: 옥
roman: ok
lang: Korean
word: 경옥
roman: gyeong'ok
lang: Lao
word: ຢົກ
roman: yok
lang: Latin
word: jadeītēs
lang: Macedonian
word: жад
roman: žad
lang: Macedonian
word: не́фрит
roman: néfrit
lang: Malay
word: jed
lang: Malay
word: giok
lang: Māori
word: pounamu
lang: Mongolian
word: хаш
roman: xaš
lang: Nahuatl
word: chalchihuitl
lang: Norwegian
word: jade
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: jade
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: jade
lang: Persian
word: یشم سبز
roman: yašm-e sabz
lang: Polish
word: żad
lang: Portuguese
word: jade
lang: Romanian
word: jad
lang: Russian
word: нефри́т
roman: nefrít
lang: Russian
word: жадеи́т
roman: žadeít
lang: Russian
word: жад
roman: žad
lang: Spanish
word: jade
lang: Swahili
word: yakuti kijani
lang: Swedish
word: jade
lang: Tagalog
word: hade
lang: Thai
word: หยก
roman: yòk
lang: Tibetan
word: གཡང་ཊི
roman: g.yang ṭi
lang: Turkish
word: yeşim
lang: Ukrainian
word: нефри́т
roman: nefrýt
lang: Ukrainian
word: жад
roman: žad
lang: Uyghur
word: قاشتاش
roman: qashtash
lang: Vietnamese
word: ngọc thạch