beryl
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English beryl, from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”), in turn borrowed from Middle Indic forms like Pali veḷuriya or Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀅 (verulia), from Dravidian, probably named after Velur (modern day Belur) in southern India.
Inflected forms:
form: beryls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone (molecular formula Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The sunset had been magnificent, and the Thames was floating in dark radiance; the waves wearing that transparent clearness, which gives more the idea of melted beryl, than aught else: every little circle in the water had that trembling light which characterises precious stones.
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: An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The crown was set with six beryls of excellent size and color.
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl […]
His buskins were laced with gold, and from his belt hung a sword, narrow of blade and keen, the hilt rough with beryls and black diamonds.
gloss: A dull blueish green color.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Of a dull bluish green colour.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: beryllate
berylline
blue beryl
beryl-spangled tanager
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: բյուրեղ
roman: byureġ
lang: Bengali
word: বেরিলো
roman: berilō
lang: Bulgarian
word: берил
roman: beril
lang: Catalan
word: beril
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏇᎵ
roman: queli
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 綠柱石 /绿柱石
roman: lǜzhùshí
lang: Czech
word: beryl
lang: Danish
word: beryl
lang: Esperanto
word: berilo
lang: Esperanto
word: berilŝtono
lang: Estonian
word: berüll
lang: Finnish
word: berylli
lang: French
word: béryl
lang: Galician
word: berilo
lang: German
word: Beryll
lang: Greek
word: βήρυλλος
roman: víryllos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: βήρυλλος
roman: bḗrullos
lang: Hindi
word: विडूर
roman: viḍūr
lang: Hindi
word: वैडूर्य
roman: vaiḍūrya
lang: Hindi
word: वैदूर्य
roman: vaidūrya
lang: Hungarian
word: berill
lang: Italian
word: berillo
lang: Japanese
word: 緑柱石
roman: ryokuchūseki
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: beril'
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: berilu
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: berilu
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: beril'
lang: Kazakh
word: сутас
roman: sutas
lang: Latin
word: beryllus
lang: Latvian
word: berils
lang: Lithuanian
word: berilas
lang: Low German
word: Beryll
lang: Māori
word: perira
lang: Middle English
word: beryl
lang: Mongolian
word: биндэръяа
roman: binderʺjaa
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: beryll
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: beryll
lang: Old Church Slavonic
word: воурилъ
roman: vurilŭ
lang: Polish
word: beryl
lang: Portuguese
word: berilo
lang: Romanian
word: beril
lang: Russian
word: бери́лл
roman: beríll
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: берил
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: beril
lang: Sicilian
word: birillu
lang: Slovak
word: beryl
lang: Spanish
word: berilo
lang: Sundanese
word: béril
lang: Swahili
word: zabarajadi
lang: Swedish
word: beryll
lang: Tagalog
word: berilyo
lang: Thai
word: เบริล
roman: bee rin
lang: Turkish
word: beril
lang: Ukrainian
word: берил
roman: beryl
lang: Welsh
word: beryl
lang: Wolof
word: beril
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏇᎵ-ᏌᎪᏂᎨᎢ
roman: queli-sagonigei
lang: Latvian
word: berila krāsa
lang: Spanish
word: berilio
lang: Swahili
word: rangi ya zabarajadi
lang: Swedish
word: beryllfärg