diamond
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
baseball
card-games
games
geometry
government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
media
monarchy
nobility
politics
printing
publishing
sciences
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)?
Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-der.
Ancient Greek δαμνάω (damnáō)?
Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas)der.
Latin adamāsder.
Late Latin diamās
Old French diamantbor.
Middle English dyamaunt
English diamond
From Middle English dyamaunt, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamās, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “diamond”). Doublet of adamant. The printing sense is a calque of Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700; compare pearl, ruby (“size of type between pearl and nonpareil”).
Inflected forms:
form: diamonds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: diamonds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: diamonding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: diamonded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: diamonded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The saw is coated with diamond.
synthetic diamond
gloss: A gemstone made from this mineral.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The dozen loose diamonds sparkled in the light.
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.
she is wearing small diamond studs in her earlobes. the kind u wear if u’re a modest person & u don’t want to wear anything that could catch on stuff, or be a health risk in a hospital – but u’re still someone who cares.
gloss: A diamond ring.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: What a beautiful engagement diamond.
gloss: A very pale blue color.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Sable, when blazoning by precious stones.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Elphingston. Pearl a Chevron Diamond between three Boars Heads Eraz'd Ruby, arm'd of the first. / Eymouth. Diamond a Lyon Rampant Pearl, on a Canton of the 2d, a Cross Ruby.
The Field is Ruby, on a Bend Topaz, three Martlets Diamond. The Armes of the most Noble and Puissant Lord, Edward Brabazon, Earl of Meath, and Baron of Atherdee in the Kingdom of Ireland. His Lordship's Atchievements are Quarterly of sixteen Coats. 1. Brabazon, as above. 2. Diamond, on a Chevron between three Pickaxes Pearl, as many Mullets Ruby, by the Name of Mosley. 3. Saphire, ten Bezants, 4, 3, 2, 1, by the Bisset.
Pearl, an Eagle, Diamond, between three Crosses Patee, Ruby, for Morrys.
gloss: Something that resembles a diamond.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: An adder writhes out of the bush, I can see the diamonds on its back; it shrithes across the sandy soil, and bites the right foot of one of the knights.
gloss: A polyiamond consisting of two triangles.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The entire field of play used in the game.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The infield of a baseball field.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The teams met on the diamond.
gloss: A card of the diamonds suit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I have only one diamond in my hand.
gloss: A town square.
pos: noun
tags: Pennsylvania
Western
countable
uncountable
gloss: The size of type between brilliant and pearl, standardized as 4+¹⁄₂-point.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
gloss: Made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: He gave her diamond earrings.
But in the diamond jubilee state coach – this one comes with both suspension and air conditioning – the queen’s hands were folded calmly in her lap.
gloss: Of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.
gloss: Of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.
gloss: First-rate; excellent.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
slang
examples: He's a diamond geezer.
gloss: To adorn with or as if with diamonds.
pos: verb
Related words: demantoid
diamantine
argyle
carbonado
diamante
paragon
shlenter
rhinestone
brifka
Derived words: accent diamond
adamantine
Alençon diamond
American diamond
baseball diamond
black diamond
blood diamond
blue diamond impatiens
Bristol diamond
chocolate diamond
conflict diamond
Cornish diamond
deadly diamond of death
diamond accent
diamond anniversary
diamond anvil cell
diamondback
diamondback moth
diamond ball
diamond beetle
diamond bird
diamond bracket
diamond carry
Diamond Creek
diamond cross
diamond crossing
diamond crossover
diamond cut diamond
diamond cutter
diamond dove
diamond duck
diamond dust
diamond firetail
diamond frame
diamond geezer
diamond graph
diamond grass
diamond hands
Diamond Head
diamondiferous
diamond in the rough
diamondize
diamond jubilee
diamond junction
diamond killifish
Diamond Lake
diamond lane
diamondless
diamondlike
diamond marimba
diamond mortar
diamond mullet
diamond number
diamondoid
diamond open access
diamond paste
diamond planet
diamond plate
diamond poem
diamond problem
diamond python
diamond ring effect
diamonds are a girl's best friend
diamonds are forever
diamond saw
diamond-shaped
diamond-square algorithm
diamond sturgeon
diamond turbot
diamond turning
diamond twill
Diamond Valley
diamond-water paradox
diamond wedding
diamond wheel
diamond willow
diamondwise
double black diamond
dreaded diamond
fire diamond
histodiamond
hyperdiamond
industrial diamond
Irish diamond
Killiecrankie diamond
Mach diamond
Matura diamond
nanodiamond
nondiamond
pink diamond
poor man's diamond
pressure makes diamonds
rose diamond
rough diamond
shock diamond
table diamond
table-diamond
thrust diamond
tidal diamond
Translations:
lang: Abaza
word: алмаз
roman: almaz
lang: Abkhaz
word: алмас
roman: almas
lang: Afrikaans
word: diamant
lang: Albanian
word: diamant
lang: Albanian
word: padamar
lang: Albanian
word: adham
lang: Southern Altai
word: алмас
roman: almas
lang: Southern Altai
word: алмаз
roman: almaz
lang: Amharic
word: አልማዝ
roman: ʾälmaz
lang: Arabic
word: أَلْمَاس
roman: ʔalmās
lang: Arabic
word: مَاس
roman: mās
lang: Arabic
word: الماظ
roman: almaẓ
lang: Arabic
word: الماس
roman: almas
lang: Arabic
word: ألماس
roman: ʔalmās
lang: Aramaic
word: ܐܵܠܡܵܣ
lang: Aramaic
word: ܐܵܕܵܡܘܿܣ
lang: Aramaic
word: ܡܵܫܘܿܫܵܐ
lang: Armenian
word: ադամանդ
roman: adamand
lang: Armenian
word: ալմաստ
roman: almast
lang: Assamese
word: হীৰা
roman: hira
lang: Asturian
word: diamante
lang: Avar
word: алмас
roman: almas
lang: Azerbaijani
word: almaz
lang: Bambara
word: lúulu
lang: Bambara
word: jaman
lang: Bashkir
word: алмас
lang: Bashkir
word: гәүһәр
roman: gəwhər
lang: Bashkir
word: бриллиант
lang: Belarusian
word: алма́з
roman: almáz
lang: Belarusian
word: дыяме́нт
roman: dyjamjént
lang: Bengali
word: হীরা
roman: hira
lang: Bulgarian
word: диама́нт
roman: diamánt
lang: Bulgarian
word: елма́з
roman: elmáz
lang: Burmese
word: စိန်
roman: cin
lang: Catalan
word: diamant
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏅᏯ ᎤᏥᏍᏓᎷᎩᏍᎩ
roman: nvya utsisdalugisgi
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 金剛石 /金刚石
roman: gam¹ gong¹ sek⁶
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 金剛石 /金刚石
roman: kîm-kong-sa̍k
lang: Chinese
word: 金剛石 /金刚石
roman: kim-kong-chio̍h
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 金剛石 /金刚石
roman: jīngāngshí
lang: Cornish
word: adamant
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: elmaz
lang: Czech
word: diamant
lang: Danish
word: diamant
lang: Dutch
word: diamant
lang: Esperanto
word: diamanto
lang: Estonian
word: teemant
lang: Faroese
word: diamantur
lang: Finnish
word: timantti
lang: French
word: diamant
lang: West-Frisian
word: diamant
lang: Friulian
word: diamant
lang: Gagauz
word: almaz
lang: Galician
word: diamante
lang: Georgian
word: ალმასი
roman: almasi
lang: German
word: Diamant
lang: Greek
word: διαμάντι
roman: diamánti
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀδάμας
roman: adámas
lang: Gujarati
word: હીરો
roman: hīro
lang: Hausa
word: daimon
lang: Hawaiian
word: kaimana
lang: Hebrew
word: יַהֲלוֹם
roman: yahalóm
lang: Hiligaynon
word: batongmaidlak
lang: Hindi
word: हीरा
roman: hīrā
lang: Hindi
word: अलमास
roman: almās
lang: Hindi
word: वज्र
roman: vajra
lang: Hindi
word: डायमंड
roman: ḍāymaṇḍ
lang: Hungarian
word: gyémánt
lang: Iban
word: intan
lang: Icelandic
word: demantur
lang: Indonesian
word: intan
lang: Irish
word: diamant
lang: Irish
word: diamaint
lang: Istriot
word: giamanto
lang: Italian
word: diamante
lang: Japanese
word: 金剛石
roman: kongōseki
lang: Japanese
word: ダイヤモンド
roman: daiyamondo
lang: Japanese
word: ダイヤ
roman: daiya
lang: Kannada
word: ವಜ್ರ
roman: vajra
lang: S'gaw Karen
word: တၢ်မျၢ်ပလဲ
roman: ta̱ mla̱ pa leh
lang: Kashubian
word: diamańt
lang: Kazakh
word: алмаз
roman: almaz
lang: Khmer
word: ពេជ្រ
roman: pɨc
lang: Korean
word: 다이아몬드
roman: daiamondeu
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئەڵماس
roman: ellmas
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: elmas
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ਹੀਰਾ
roman: hīrā
lang: Kyrgyz
word: алмаз
roman: almaz
lang: Ladino
word: diyamante
lang: Lak
word: алмас
roman: almas
lang: Lao
word: ເພັດ
roman: phet
lang: Latin
word: adamas
lang: Latvian
word: dimants
lang: Lezgi
word: алмас
roman: almas
lang: Lingala
word: diaman
lang: Lithuanian
word: deimantas
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Diamant
lang: Macedonian
word: дијама́нт
roman: dijamánt
lang: Malagasy
word: diamondra
lang: Malay
word: intan
lang: Malay
word: almas
lang: Malayalam
word: വജ്രം
roman: vajraṁ
lang: Māori
word: taimana
lang: Maranao
word: intan
lang: Marathi
word: हिरा
roman: hirā
lang: Central Melanau
word: itan
lang: Mongolian
word: алмааз
roman: almaaz
lang: Mongolian
word: алмаз
roman: almaz
lang: Mongolian
word: алмас
roman: almas
lang: Mongolian
word: алмаас
roman: almaas
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠠᠯᠮᠠᠰ
roman: almas
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: tlacuāhuac tecpatl
lang: Nepali
word: हिरा
roman: hirā
lang: Newar
word: हेरा
roman: herā
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: diamant
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: diamant
lang: Occitan
word: diamant
lang: Odia
word: ଡାଏମନ୍
roman: ḍāeman
lang: Papiamentu
word: djamanta
lang: Pashto
word: الماس
roman: almãs
lang: Dari
word: اَلْمَاس
roman: almās
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اَلْماس
roman: almâs
lang: Polish
word: diament
lang: Portuguese
word: diamante
lang: Romagnol
word: diamânt
lang: Romagnol
word: giamânt
lang: Romanian
word: diamant
lang: Romansh
word: diamant
lang: Romansh
word: diamànt
lang: Russian
word: алма́з
roman: almáz
lang: Russian
word: диама́нт
roman: diamánt
lang: Russian
word: адама́нт
roman: adamánt
lang: Sanskrit
word: वज्रम्
roman: vajram
lang: Sanskrit
word: अविक
roman: avika
lang: Sanskrit
word: वज्र
roman: vajra
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: дија̀мант
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: dijàmant
lang: Sicilian
word: damanti
lang: Sinhalese
word: දියමන්ති
roman: diyamanti
lang: Slovak
word: diamant
lang: Slovene
word: diamánt
lang: Slovene
word: démant
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: dejmant
lang: Spanish
word: diamante
lang: Spanish
word: adamante (disused)
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: dyamanti
lang: Swahili
word: almasi
lang: Swedish
word: diamant
lang: Tabasaran
word: алмас
roman: almas
lang: Tagalog
word: diyamante
lang: Tajik
word: алмос
roman: almos
lang: Tamil
word: வைரம்
roman: vairam
lang: Tarantino
word: diamande
lang: Tatar
word: алмаз
roman: almaz
lang: Telugu
word: వజ్రం
roman: vajraṁ
lang: Telugu
word: వజ్రము
roman: vajramu
lang: Thai
word: เพชร
roman: pét
lang: Tibetan
word: རྡོ་རྗེ
roman: rdo rje
lang: Tigrinya
word: ኣልማዝ
roman: ʾalmaz
lang: Tok Pisin
word: daimen
lang: Turkish
word: elmas
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: الماس
roman: elmas
lang: Turkmen
word: almaz
lang: Ukrainian
word: алма́з
roman: almáz
lang: Ukrainian
word: діама́нт
roman: diamánt
lang: Urdu
word: ہِیرا
roman: hīrā
lang: Urdu
word: اَلْماس
roman: almās
lang: Uyghur
word: ئالماس
roman: almas
lang: Uzbek
word: olmos
lang: Venetan
word: diamante
lang: Vietnamese
word: kim cương
lang: Vilamovian
word: djēmyt
lang: Welsh
word: diemwnt
lang: Xhosa
word: idayimani
lang: Yiddish
word: דימענט
roman: diment
lang: Zulu
word: idayimane