émeraude
See also: emeraude
French
Etymology
From Old French esmeralde, esmeragde, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus (“emerald”), from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos, “emerald”), from a Semitic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /em.ʁod/, /ɛm.ʁod/
Audio (file) - Homophone: émeraudes
- Hyphenation: éme‧raude
Noun
émeraude f (plural émeraudes)
- emerald (gemstone)
- emerald (color)
Adjective
émeraude (invariable)
- emerald (color)
Synonyms
- smaragdin
Further reading
- “émeraude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.