turquoise
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
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.
Base: turc
Affixes: -ois
Inflected forms:
form: turquoises
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Turkies
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: more turquoise
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most turquoise
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Turkies
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: 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.)
gloss: A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
gloss: Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
pos: adj
gloss: Having a pale greenish-blue colour.
pos: adj
Synonyms: blue-green
green-blue
greenish blue
turquoise blue
Related words: turquoisish
turquoisey
turquoisy
turquoiselike
turquoised
augite
Derived words: bone turquoise
Bisbee turquoise
turquoise-browed motmot
turquoise parrot
Turquoise Lake
turquoiseberry
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: فَيْرُوز
roman: fayrūz
lang: Arabic
word: فيروز
roman: fayrūz
lang: Arabic
word: تركواز
roman: terkwæːr
lang: Armenian
word: փիրուզ
roman: pʻiruz
lang: Avar
word: пируза
roman: piruza
lang: Azerbaijani
word: firuzə
lang: Bashkir
word: фирүзә
roman: firüzə
lang: Belarusian
word: біруза́
roman: biruzá
lang: Bengali
word: ফিরোজা
roman: phirōja
lang: Bulgarian
word: тюркоа́з
roman: tjurkoáz
lang: Buryat
word: оюу
roman: ojuu
lang: Catalan
word: turquesa
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 綠松石 /绿松石
roman: luk⁶ cung⁴ sek⁶
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 綠松石 /绿松石
roman: lǜsōngshí
lang: Coptic
word: ⲟⲭⲓⲱⲛ
roman: okhiōn
lang: Coptic
word: ⲁⲃⲉⲣⲏϫ
roman: aberēj
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: feruze
lang: Czech
word: tyrkys
lang: Danish
word: turkis
lang: Dutch
word: turkoois
lang: Dzongkha
word: གཡུ
roman: g.yu
lang: Egyptian
word: m-f:kA- t
roman: mfkꜣt
lang: Esperanto
word: turkiso
lang: Estonian
word: türkiis
lang: Finnish
word: turkoosi
lang: French
word: turquoise
lang: Galician
word: turquesa
lang: Georgian
word: ფირუზი
roman: piruzi
lang: German
word: Türkis
lang: Greek
word: τυρκουάζ
roman: tyrkouáz
lang: Greek
word: περουζές
roman: perouzés
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κάλαϊς
roman: kálaïs
lang: Gujarati
word: પીરોજ
roman: pīroj
lang: Hebrew
word: טוּרְקִיז
roman: turkíz
lang: Hindi
word: फ़ीरोज़ा
roman: fīrozā
lang: Hindi
word: पीरोज़ा
roman: pīrozā
lang: Hindi
word: पेरोज
roman: peroj
lang: Hindi
word: पेरज
roman: peraj
lang: Hungarian
word: türkiz
lang: Indonesian
word: pirus
lang: Italian
word: turchese
lang: Japanese
word: トルコ石
roman: toruko ishi
lang: Japanese
word: ターコイズ
roman: tākoizu
lang: Kalmyk
word: ойюн
roman: oyyun
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: файруз
roman: fayruz
lang: Karakalpak
word: piruza
lang: Kazakh
word: көктас
roman: köktas
lang: Kazakh
word: бирюза
roman: birüza
lang: Korean
word: 터키옥
roman: teokiok
lang: Korean
word: 터키석
roman: teokiseok
lang: Kumyk
word: перезе
roman: pereze
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: feyroz
lang: Kyrgyz
word: бирюза
roman: biryuza
lang: Lak
word: пирузи
roman: piruzi
lang: Latin
word: callais
lang: Latvian
word: tirkīzs
lang: Lezgi
word: фируз
roman: firuz
lang: Lithuanian
word: turkis
lang: Macedonian
word: тиркиз
roman: tirkiz
lang: Malay
word: firus
lang: Mongolian
word: оюу
roman: ojuu
lang: Nahuatl
word: xihuitl
lang: Navajo
word: dootłʼizhii
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: turkis
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: turkis
lang: Old Uyghur
word: 𐽽𐽰𐽽
roman: čač
lang: Persian
word: فیروزه
roman: firuze
lang: Persian
word: پیروزه
roman: piruze
lang: Polish
word: turkus
lang: Portuguese
word: turquesa
lang: Punjabi
word: فِیروزَہ
roman: fīrozah
lang: Romanian
word: turcoază
lang: Romanian
word: peruzea
lang: Russian
word: бирюза́
roman: birjuzá
lang: Sanskrit
word: पेरोज
roman: peroja
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: тѝркӣз
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: мо̀дрӯљ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tìrkīz
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mòdrūlj
lang: Slovak
word: tyrkys
lang: Slovene
word: turkiz
lang: Spanish
word: turquesa
lang: Swahili
word: feruzi
lang: Swedish
word: turkos
lang: Tagalog
word: turkesa
lang: Tajik
word: фирӯза
roman: firüza
lang: Tatar
word: фирәзә
roman: firäzä
lang: Tibetan
word: གཡུ
roman: g.yu
lang: Turkish
word: turkuaz
lang: Turkish
word: firuze
lang: Turkmen
word: firuza
lang: Udi
word: пуьруьз
roman: pürüz
lang: Ukrainian
word: ту́ркус
roman: túrkus
lang: Ukrainian
word: бірюза́
roman: birjuzá
lang: Ukrainian
word: піруза
roman: piruza
lang: Ukrainian
word: фіруза
roman: firuza
lang: Unami
word: aonahsën
lang: Urdu
word: فِیروزَہ
roman: fīrozā
lang: Uyghur
word: بىريۇزا
roman: biryuza
lang: Uyghur
word: бирйуза
roman: biryuza
lang: Uzbek
word: feruza
lang: Vietnamese
word: ngọc lam