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aquamarine en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌæk.wə.məˈɹiːn/ (US)
  • /ˌæk.wə.məˈɹiːn/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌɑ.kwə.məˈɹiːn/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Italic *mari Latin mare Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin marīnus Latin aqua marīnader. English aquamarine From Latin aqua marīna (“sea water”), adjective form from mare (“sea”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of a bluish-green colour.

Deriveds

Madagascar aquamarine

Relateds

maxixe

Translations (12)

ru аквамари́новый (Of a bluish-green color) · de aquamarinblau (Of a bluish-green color) · pl akwamarynowy (Of a bluish-green color) · uk аквамари́нний (Of a bluish-green color) · eo akvamarina (Of a bluish-green color) · sv akvamarin (Of a bluish-green color) · de aquamarin (Of a bluish-green color) · uk аквамари́новий (Of a bluish-green color) · eo akvoblua (Of a bluish-green color) · hu akvamarin (Of a bluish-green color) · ru аквамари́нный (Of a bluish-green color) · nl aquamarijn (Of a bluish-green color)

aquamarine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌæk.wə.məˈɹiːn/ (US)
  • /ˌæk.wə.məˈɹiːn/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌɑ.kwə.məˈɹiːn/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Italic *mari Latin mare Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin marīnus Latin aqua marīnader. English aquamarine From Latin aqua marīna (“sea water”), adjective form from mare (“sea”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The bluish-green colour of the sea.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A transparent bluish-green, sometimes yellow-green, variety of beryl.
    • Before we could embark on the details of his mother's health we were joined by a fair, plump woman of indefinite age, who had once been—and at moments still was—very pretty. She wore a simple black silk dress, perhaps in deference to Tilly's death, though the note of mourning was jarred by flamboyant aquamarine ear-rings and too much rouge. 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 4, in Crime out of Mind:

Forms

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aquamarines Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (70)

ca aiguamarina (type of beryl) · sv akvamarin (type of beryl) · uz akuamarin (aquamarine colour) · ga cloch mhuirghorm (type of beryl) · tr akvamarin (aquamarine colour) · ru аквамари́новый (aquamarine colour) · eo akvamarino (type of beryl) · cmn 碧绿色 (aquamarine colour) · cs akvamarín (aquamarine colour) · nl aquamarijn (aquamarine colour) · de Aquamarin (type of beryl) · pt água-marinha (type of beryl) · ko 남록색 (aquamarine colour) · nl aquamarijn (type of beryl) · es aguamarina (type of beryl) · tl akwamarin (aquamarine colour) · cy morlasfaen (type of beryl) · eo akvobluo (aquamarine colour) · cs akvamarín (type of beryl) · lv akvamarīns (aquamarine colour) · pl akwamaryn (aquamarine colour) · fi akvamariini (type of beryl) · cmn 海藍寶石 /海蓝宝石 (type of beryl) · ur سمندری پانی (aquamarine colour) · mt akwamarin (aquamarine colour) · hu akvamarin (type of beryl) · pt água-marinha (aquamarine colour) · hu akvamarin (aquamarine colour) · nn akvamarin (type of beryl) · es aguamarina (aquamarine colour) · ar زبرجد (aquamarine colour) · da akvamarin (type of beryl) · az akuamarin (aquamarine colour) · sh аквамарин (aquamarine colour) · bg аквамарин (type of beryl) · eo akvamarina koloro (aquamarine colour) · it acquamarina (type of beryl) · sh akvamarin (type of beryl) · tr akvamarin (type of beryl) · ja 藍玉 (type of beryl) · ru аквамари́н (aquamarine colour) · cmn 蓝晶 (aquamarine colour) · kk зәберзат (type of beryl) · nb akvamarin (type of beryl) · fi akvamariini (aquamarine colour) · it acquamarina (aquamarine colour) · th อะความารีน (type of beryl) · id akuamarin (aquamarine colour) · ro acvamarin (type of beryl) · ka მოცისფრო-მწვანე (aquamarine colour) · fr aigue-marine (type of beryl) · nci quilpālli (aquamarine colour) · pl akwamaryna (aquamarine colour) · fr aigue-marine (aquamarine colour) · pl akwamaryn (type of beryl) · cy gwyrddlas (aquamarine colour) · ga muirghorm (aquamarine colour) · uk аквамари́н (type of beryl) · vi ngọc xanh biển (aquamarine colour) · lt akvamarinas (aquamarine colour) · kw morlasem (type of beryl) · eo akvamarino (aquamarine colour) · ja アクアマリン (aquamarine colour) · sh akvamarin (aquamarine colour) · pl akwamaryna (type of beryl) · ru аквамари́н (type of beryl) · ro acvamarin (aquamarine colour) · ka ზღვისფერი (aquamarine colour) · he תַּרְשִׁישׁ (type of beryl) · sh аквамарин (type of beryl)