esmeralda

esmeralda

See also: Esmeralda

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish esmeralda, from Old Spanish esmeralda, possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde, from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: es‧me‧ral‧da

Noun

esmeralda

1. an emerald

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esmeralda.

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esmeˈɾaldɐ]

Noun

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)

1. emerald
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 436:

     Et os nomes delas son estes: carbũcolo, sardis, cafil, amatista, berilo, topás, grisólitos, esmeralda, brasmo, rrobj, calçedonja, cristal

References

• “esmeralda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “merald” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “esmeralda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “esmeralda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Old French esmeralde, ultimately from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ezmeˈɾalda/

Noun

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)

1. emerald
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 16r.

     Et la ſu uerdura ¬ la ſu reſplandor es muy meior que dela otra eſmeralda.

     And its greenness and gleam are much better than those of the other emerald.

   • Idem, f. 54r.

     Et eſtas ſon falladas en las mineras del oro o fallan las bonas eſmeraldas.

     And these are found in the goldmines where they find the best emeralds.

Descendants

• Spanish: esmeralda

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Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iz.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [iz.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ], /ez.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [ez.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iz.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [iz.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ], /ez.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [ez.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʒ.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [iʒ.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ], /eʒ.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [eʒ.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ez.meˈɾaw.da/ [ez.meˈɾaʊ̯.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒ.mɨˈɾal.dɐ/ [(i)ʒ.mɨˈɾaɫ.dɐ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -aldɐ, (Brazil) -awdɐ
• Homophone: Esmeralda
• Hyphenation: es‧me‧ral‧da

Noun

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)

1. emerald

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish esmeralda, possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin. Cf. also the Old Spanish form esmaragde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esmeˈɾalda/ [ez.meˈɾal̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -alda
• Syllabification: es‧me‧ral‧da

Noun

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)

1. emerald

Descendants

• → Tagalog: esmeralda

Adjective

esmeralda (invariable)

1. emerald

Further reading

• “esmeralda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esmeralda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔesmeˈɾalda/, [ʔes.meˈɾal.dɐ]
• Hyphenation: es‧me‧ral‧da

Noun

esmeralda (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜎ᜔ᜇ)

1. emerald (gemstone)
2. emerald (color)

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Related terms

• berdesmeralda

Further reading

• “esmeralda”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018