Emerald
Definitions
- A town in Queensland, Australia.
- Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
- A town in the Shire of Cardinia and the Shire of Yarra Ranges, central Victoria, Australia
- Emerald green, a colour.
- A rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Emerald No. 277.
- Vert, when blazoning by precious stones.
- A female given name from English.
- Any hummingbird in the genera Chlorostilbon and Elvira; and some in the genus Amazilia
- Any of various species of dragonfly of the family Corduliidae.
- A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.
Equivalents
57 more languages
Azərbaycan dilizümrüd
Българскисмарагд
বাংলাপান্না
Dansksmaragd
Esperantosmeraldo
Eestismaragd
فارسیزمرد
Gaeilgesmaragaid
Galegoesmeralda
हिन्दीपन्ना
Հայերենզմրուխտ
Bahasa Indonesiazamrud
Íslenskasmaragður
ItalianoSmeraldo
Қазақ тілізүмірет
ភាសាខ្មែរមរកត
Kurdîzumrûd
Кыргызчазумурут
Lietuviųsmaragdas
Latviešusmaragds
മലയാളംമരതകം
Монголмаргад
မြန်မာမြ
Kiswahilizumaridi
ไทยมรกต
TagalogEsmeralda
Türkçezümrüt
ئۇيغۇرچەزۇمرەت
اردوپنا
Tiếng Việtngọc lục bảo
Examples
“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.”
“16. As the first. Crest, on a Mount⟳ Emerald, a Falcon rising Topaz.”
“Crest. On a Wreath, a demi Dragon, Emerald, armed and langued, Roby [...] Supporters. Two Dragons reguardant, Emerald, [...]”
“Some of the lagoons, said to have⟳ subterranean outlets, have⟳ no visible ones; the inclosing island, in such cases, being a complete⟳ zone of emerald.”
“The child, a girl, was albino like⟳ April, and had exactly April's deep red eyes. Sol and Libra named her Emerald, a green name⟳ and a ground-term rather than a sky-term, as if in open⟳ expression of the slow spell⟳ worked on them all by Viridis.”
“Mrs. Emerald Walsh was helping out at the presbytery.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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