peridot

peridot

See also: péridot

English

Etymology

From Middle English peritot, from Anglo-Norman peridou, peridout, Middle French perido, peridon, of uncertain origin; later reborrowed from modern French péridot.

Peridot

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.dɒt/, /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.dəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.dɑt/, /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.doʊ/

Noun

peridot (countable and uncountable, plural peridots)

1. A transparent olive-green form of olivine, used as a gem.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 51:

     Gem-quality olivine is known as peridot, which has a subtle green light all its own.

   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, retrieved 17 May 2013, page 128:

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are  […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

2. A yellow-green colour, like that of the peridot.

   peridot:  

Derived terms

• peridotite

Translations

form of olivine

Catalan: peridot m Chinese: Mandarin: 橄欖石／橄榄石 (zh) (gǎnlǎnshí) Dutch: peridoot Esperanto: peridoto (eo) Finnish: peridootti French: péridot (fr) m Greek: φορστερίτης m (forsterítis) Ancient: χρυσόλιθος m (khrusólithos) Hindi: जबरजद्द (jabarjadd) Latin: chrysolithus m Navajo: tsé dootłʼizh Norwegian: Bokmål: peridot m Portuguese: peridoto m, crisólito m, crisólita f Romanian: olivină (ro) Russian: перидо́т (ru) m (peridót), оливи́н (ru) m (olivín) Spanish: peridoto m

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Peridot”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “peridot”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

Anagrams

• diopter, dioptre, periodt, proetid, proteid, protide, pterido-, pteroid, reptoid

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Romanian

Etymology

From French péridot.

Noun

peridot n (plural peridote)

1. peridot

Declension

Declension of peridot

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) peridot	peridotul	(niște) peridote	peridotele
genitive/dative	(unui) peridot	peridotului	(unor) peridote	peridotelor
vocative	peridotule		peridotelor