Opal
See also: opal, opál, ópal, òpal, and opał
English
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Proper noun
Opal
- A female given name from English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century.
- 1985, Alice Munro, The Progress of Love, Chatto&Windus, published 1987, →ISBN, page 208:
- Perhaps to console herself for the bad luck she had already suffered, in a back corner of South Sherbrooke Township - or perhaps to make up, ahead of time, for a lack of motherly feelings - she gave the girls the fanciest names she could think of: Opal Violet, Dawn Rose, and Bonnie Hope.
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- (Australia) A type of petrol made by British Petroleum designed to be unable to be used for petrol sniffing.[1][Developed 2005.]
- 2006, Paul Malone, Taking the ‘Hospital Pass’ – Jane Halton, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Department Heads Under Howard - Career Paths and Practice, page 131,
- Halton says, for example, that if there are bylaws that prohibit trafficking in fuel in a community where the non-sniffable petrol, Opal, had been introduced it would be the job of the local police to enforce the law. Her department, on the other hand, was dealing with the issue of the availability of Opal.
- 2007, Terry Carter, Lara Dunston, Perth & Western Australia, Lonely Planet, page 163,
- Diesel is available at roughly 300km intervals on the WA side, as is Opal fuel which, at the Warburton and Warakuna roadhouses, can be used instead of unleaded petrol. (Opal is unsniffable, and its provision is one of the measures in place to counteract petrol-sniffing problems in local communities.)
- 2006, Paul Malone, Taking the ‘Hospital Pass’ – Jane Halton, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Department Heads Under Howard - Career Paths and Practice, page 131,
- A hamlet in Alberta, Canada
- A census-designated place in Virginia
- A town in Wyoming
Derived terms
- Opal Cone
- Opal Hills
References
- BP article on Opal.
Anagrams
- OLAP, POLA, Palo, alop, aplo-, pola
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Opal, from opal.
Proper noun
Opal
- a female given name from English
German
Etymology
From Latin opalus, from Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος (opállios), from Sanskrit उपल (upala, “gem, stone”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Noun
Opal m (strong, genitive Opals, plural Opale)
- opal
Declension
Declension of Opal [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Opal | die | Opale |
| genitive | eines | des | Opals | der | Opale |
| dative | einem | dem | Opal | den | Opalen |
| accusative | einen | den | Opal | die | Opale |
Derived terms
- opalen
- opalisieren
Further reading
- “Opal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Opal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Opal” in Duden online
Opal on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de