topaz

topaz

See also: Topaz

English

the mineral topaz

Facet cut topaz gemstones in various colors

Etymology

From Old French topace (compare French topaze), from the Ancient Greek proper noun Τοπάζιος (Topázios), ancient name of St. John's Island, Egypt, in the Red Sea, believed to be the first discovered source of the mineral τοπάζιον (topázion, “peridot”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊˌpæz/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊˌpæz/

Noun

topaz (usually uncountable, plural topazes)

1. A silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by impurities.
2. An often clear, yellowish-brown gemstone cut from this.
   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, 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.

3. A yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.

   topaz:  

4. (historical, British India) A black Catholic soldier in the British Army.
5. Either of two species of very large hummingbirds in the genus Topaza.
6. A ruby-topaz hummingbird, Chrysolampis mosquitus, the male of which has bright ruby feathers on the head and topaz on the throat

Descendants

• → Welsh: topas

Translations

mineral

Bulgarian: топа́з m (topáz) Dutch: topaas (nl) n Galician: topacio m, topaz m (archaic) Irish: afast m, tópás m Russian: топа́з (ru) m (topáz) Ukrainian: топа́з m (topáz) Welsh: topas

gem

Arabic: تُوبَاز‎ m (tūbāz) Armenian: տոպազ (hy) (topaz) Basque: topazio Belarusian: тапа́з m (tapáz) Bengali: পোখরাজ (pokhôraj) Bulgarian: топаз m (topaz) Burmese: ဥဿဖရား (my) (u.ssa.hpa.ra:) Catalan: topazi m Cherokee: ᏙᏆᏏ (doquasi) Chinese: Mandarin: 黄玉 (zh) (huángyù) Czech: topaz (cs) m Danish: topas c Dutch: topaas (nl) m Esperanto: topazo Estonian: topaas Finnish: topaasi (fi) French: topaze (fr) f Galician: topacio m Georgian: ტოპაზი (ṭoṗazi) German: Topas (de) m Greek: τοπάζιο (el) n (topázio), τοπάζι (el) n (topázi) Ancient: τόπαζος m (tópazos) Gujarati: પોખરાજ m (pokhrāj) Hebrew: טוֹפָּז‎ (he) m (topáz), פִּטְדָה‎ (he) f (pitdá) Hindi: पुखराज (hi) m (pukhrāj), पुष्पराग (hi) m (puṣparāg), पीतमणि (hi) f (pītamṇi), गोमेद (hi) m (gomed), गोमेधक (hi) m (gomedhak), गोमेदक (hi) m (gomedak) Hungarian: topáz (hu) Icelandic: tópas m Ido: topazo (io) Irish: tópás m, afast m Italian: topazio (it) m Japanese: トパーズ (topāzu), 黄玉 (おうぎょく, ōgyoku) Korean: 황옥 (ko) (hwang'ok) Latvian: topāzs m Lithuanian: topazas m Mon: မၞိက်ဖုဿရာ Maori: topaha Norwegian: Bokmål: topas (no) m Nynorsk: topas m Pali phussarāga m Persian: زبرجد هندی‎ (zebarǰad-e-hendī), توپاز‎ (fa) (topâz) Polish: topaz (pl) m Portuguese: topázio (pt) m Romanian: topaz (ro) n Russian: топа́з (ru) m (topáz) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: топаз m Roman: topaz (sh) m Slovak: topás m Slovene: topaz (sl) m Spanish: topacio m Swahili: topazi, yakuti manjano Swedish: topas (sv) Tagalog: topasyo (tl) Thai: บุษย์น้ำทอง (bùt-náam-tɔɔng), บุษราคัม (th) (bùt-sà-raa-kam) Turkish: topaz (tr) Ukrainian: топа́з m (topáz) Welsh: topas m

colour

Cherokee: ᏙᏆᏏ-ᏓᎶᏂᎨᎢ (doquasi-dalonigei) French: topaze (fr) f Swahili: rangi ya topazi

Adjective

topaz

1. Of a yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.

Translations

colour

French: topaze (fr) German: topasen (de) Irish: órbhuí Polish: topazowy (pl)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• blue topaz
• Colorado topaz
• false topaz
• rose topaz
• topazolite

See also

• Appendix:Colors
• Killiecrankie diamond

Further reading

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

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtopas]

Noun

topaz m

1. topaz (clear, yellowish-brown gemstone)

Declension

Declension of topaz

	singular	plural
nominative	topaz	topazy
genitive	topazu	topazů
dative	topazu	topazům
accusative	topaz	topazy
vocative	topaze	topazy
locative	topazu, topaze	topazech
instrumental	topazem	topazy

Derived terms

• topazový

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.pas/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔpas
• Syllabification: to‧paz

Noun

topaz m inan

1. topaz (gem)

Declension

Declension of topaz

	singular	plural
nominative	topaz	topazy
genitive	topazu	topazów
dative	topazowi	topazom
accusative	topaz	topazy
instrumental	topazem	topazami
locative	topazie	topazach
vocative	topazie	topazy

Derived terms

• topazowy

 

Further reading

• topaz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• topaz in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French topaze.

Noun

topaz n (plural topaze)

1. topaz

Declension

Declension of topaz

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) topaz	topazul	(niște) topaze	topazele
genitive/dative	(unui) topaz	topazului	(unor) topaze	topazelor
vocative	topazule		topazelor

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

topaz f (Cyrillic spelling топаз)

1. topaz (gemstone)