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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle English beryl, from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”), from Prakrit, from Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈbɛɹ.əl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɹəl
Noun
[edit]beryl (countable and uncountable, plural beryls)
- (uncountable, mineralogy) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone (molecular formula Be3Al2Si6O18).
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Fête”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 57:
- 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.
- 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist[2], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, page 128:
- 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.
- (countable) An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl.
- The crown was set with six beryls of excellent size and color.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 1:16:
- The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl …
- (uncountable) A dull blueish green colour.
- beryl:
Derived terms
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[edit]gem
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colour
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Adjective
[edit]beryl (not comparable)
- Of a dull bluish green colour.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of a dull bluish green colour
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Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre (Category: en:Blues)
- aquamarine
- emerald
- heliodor
- Madagascar aquamarine
- morganite
Anagrams
[edit]Cornish
[edit]Noun
[edit]beryl
- Soft mutation of peryl.
Czech
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[edit]Noun
[edit]beryl m inan
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “beryl”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “beryl”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]beryl c (singular definite beryllen, plural indefinite beryller)
- beryl (the mineral and examples of the mineral)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of beryl
common gender |
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | beryl | beryllen | beryller | beryllerne |
genitive | beryls | beryllens | beryllers | beryllernes |
Dutch
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[edit]Noun
[edit]beryl n (uncountable)
Noun
[edit]beryl m (plural beryllen)
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- beril, berill, berille
- beralle, berel, berell, berelle, berylle, birall, birell, birrall, brill, burel, burell, byrall, byralle, byrell, byryl (Late Middle English)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus (“beryl”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos), from Prakrit (compare Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]beryl
- beryl (gemstone of pegmatite)
- (figuratively, rare) Jesus or the Virgin Mary.
Descendants
[edit]- English: beryl
References
[edit]- “berī̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French béryl.[1][2] First attested in 1472.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]beryl m animacy unattested
- (mineralogy) beryl (mineral of pegmatite deposits)
- 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2[3], number 1856:
- *Berzyl erilla
- [Beryl erilla]
Descendants
[edit]- Polish: beryl
References
[edit]- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “beryl”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “beryl”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language][1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “beryl”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish beryl.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.rɨl/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.rɨl/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrɨl
- Syllabification: be‧ryl
Noun
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beryl m inan (related adjective berylowy)
- (uncountable) beryllium (chemical element)
- (mineralogy, countable) beryl (mineral of pegmatite deposits)
- (colloquial, firearms, countable) FB Beryl
Declension
[edit]Declension of beryl
Derived terms
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Further reading
[edit]- beryl in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- beryl in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “beryl”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Danuta Lankiewicz (11.07.2007) “BERYL”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “beryl”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “beryl”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “beryl”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 117
- beryl in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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