zircon en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈzɜː(ɹ)kən/
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Etymology
From German Zirkon, possibly via French zircon, formed in the 1780s from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn), borrowed from Middle Persian zlgwn' (/zargōn/). Doublet of jargoon.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia.
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.)
2012 March 14, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2012, page 128:[…] salamanders, mermaids, chimaeras, wild men o’ the woods, leviathans, all hewn from faultless gems, thrice the bulk of a big man’s body, velvet-dark sapphires, chrysolite, beryl, amethyst, and the yellow zircon that is like transparent gold.
1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3:
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(countable) A crystal of zircon, sometimes used as a false gemstone.
A zircon princess, seemed to lost her senses
1982, “The Message”, performed by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| zircons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
zircon-syenite · zirconoid · zirconation · zirconiferous · zirconic · zircon light · zirconated · zirconite · zirconium · hafnon · zircon blue
Relateds
Translations (35)
es circón (mineral) · cmn 风信子石 (mineral) · ja ジルコン (mineral) · ar زِرْكُون (mineral) · da zirkon (mineral) · cmn 鋯石 /锆石 (mineral) · sh циркон (mineral) · pl cyrkon (mineral) · ca zircó (mineral) · ar زَرْقُون (mineral) · cmn 锆英石 (mineral) · it zircone (mineral) · es zircón (mineral) · de Zirkon (mineral) · sh cirkon (mineral) · sv zirkon (mineral) · tl sirkon (mineral) · hy ցիրկոն (mineral) · hi गोमेदक (mineral) · hi गोमेधक (mineral) · bg циркон (mineral) · hi गोमेद (mineral) · pt zircão (mineral) · tr zirkon (mineral) · ka ცირკონი (mineral) · io zirkono (mineral) · hu cirkon (mineral) · ru цирко́н (mineral) · fur zircon (mineral) · cmn 鋯英石 /锆英石 (mineral) · ro zircon (mineral) · fr zircon (mineral) · cmn 風信子石 /风信子石 (mineral) · fi zirkoni (mineral) · th เพทาย (mineral)