gemstones
From Middle English gimstone, alteration (due to Middle English gemme) of earlier ȝimston, ȝimstan, from Old English ġimstān, ġymstān (“gem; jewel; precious stone”), equivalent to gem + stone. Compare Icelandic gimsteinn (“jewel; gem”), Faroese gimsteinur (“jewel, precious stone”).
gemstone (plural gemstones)
- A gem, usually made of minerals.
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- Afrikaans: edelsteen (af)
- Arabic: جَوْهَر (ar) m (jawhar), جَوْهَرَة f (jawhara) (singulative)
- Armenian: թանկարժեք քար (tʻankaržekʻ kʻar)
- Bashkir: аҫыл таш (aśıl taş)
- Belarusian: кашто́ўны ка́мень m (kaštóŭny kámjenʹ), самацве́т m (samacvjét)
- Bulgarian: скъпоце́нен ка́мък m (skǎpocénen kámǎk)
- Burmese: ရတနာ (my) (ra.ta.na)
- Catalan: pedra preciosa f, gemma (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 寶石／宝石 (zh) (bǎoshí)
- Czech: klenot m, drahokam (cs) m
- Danish: ædelsten (da) c
- Dutch: edelsteen (nl) m
- Emilian: please add this translation if you can
- Esperanto: gemo
- Estonian: kalliskivi
- Finnish: jalokivi (fi)
- French: pierre précieuse (fr) f, joyau (fr) m, gemme (fr)
- Galician: pedra preciosa (gl) f, xema (gl) f, xoia (gl) f
- Georgian: დაუმუშავებელი ძვირფასი ქვა (daumušavebeli ʒvirpasi kva), დაუმუშავებელი პატიოსანი თვალი (daumušavebeli ṗaṭiosani tvali)
- German: Edelstein (de) m, Juwel (de) n, Kleinod (de) n
- Hebrew: אֶבֶן יְקָרָה f (éven yekará)
- Hindi: मणि (hi) m (maṇi), रत्न (hi) m (ratna), पत्थर (hi) m (patthar)
- Icelandic: gimsteinn (is) m
- Indonesian: batu akik (id)
- Italian: pietra preziosa f, gemma (it) f
- Japanese: 宝石 (ja) (ほうせき, hōseki)
- Kazakh: асыл тас (asyl tas)
- Khmer: ត្បូង (km) (tboung), មណី (km) (mĕəʼnii)
- Korean: 보석(寶石) (ko) (boseok)
- Kyrgyz: асыл таш (asıl taş)
- Lao: ພອຽ (phǭi), ມະນີ (ma nī), ຣະຕະນະ (ra ta na)
- Latin: gemma f
- Latvian: dārgakmens m
- Ligurian: prîa preçiôza f, gémma f
- Lithuanian: brangakmenis m
- Lombard: prèia (lmo) preziósa f, gema f
- Macedonian: ска́поцен ка́мен m (skápocen kámen)
- Malay: please add this translation if you can
- Malayalam: രത്നം (ml) (ratnaṁ), രത്നക്കല്ല് (ratnakkallŭ)
- Maori: pōhatu māpuna
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: edelstein (no) m, edelsten (no) m, smykkestein m, smykkesten m
- Nynorsk: edelstein m, smykkestein m
- Old English: ġimstān m, ġymstān m
- Old Norse: gimsteinn m
- Ottoman Turkish: جوهر (cevher)
- Pali: මණි m (maṇi)
- Pashto: غمی (ps) m (ǧamáy)
- Persian: نگین (fa) (negin), گوهر (fa) (gowhar), گوهرسنگ (fa) (goharsang)
- Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: kamień szlachetny (pl) m, klejnot (pl) m
- Portuguese: pedra preciosa (pt) f, gema (pt) f
- Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
- Romanian: piatră prețioasă (ro) f, piatră nestemată (ro) f
- Russian: драгоце́нный ка́мень (ru) m (dragocénnyj kámenʹ), самоцве́т (ru) m (samocvét)
- Sanskrit: मणि (sa) m (maṇi), रत्न (sa) n (ratna)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: драгуљ m
- Roman: dragulj (sh) m
- Slovak: klenot m, drahokam m
- Slovene: dragulj (sl) m
- Spanish: piedra preciosa (es) f, joya (es) f, alhaja (es) f, gema (es) f
- Swedish: ädelsten (sv) c
- Tagalog: hiyas
- Tajik: чавхар (čavxar), гавҳар (gavhar)
- Thai: พลอย (th) (plɔɔi), จินดา (jin-daa), รัตน์ (th) (rát)
- Tocharian B: wamer, naumiye, prāp
- Ugaritic: 𐎑𐎅𐎗 (ẓhr)
- Ukrainian: дорогоці́нний ка́мінь m (dorohocínnyj káminʹ), кошто́вний ка́мінь m (koštóvnyj káminʹ), самоцві́т m (samocvít)
- Uzbek: gavhar (uz)
- Vietnamese: đá quý
- Welsh: tlysfaen m, tlysfeini m pl
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