What Is the Latin Word for Diamond

English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

• enPR: dī'(ə)mənd, IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.(ə.)mənd/

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English dyamaunt, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamas, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας ( adámas, " diamond " ). Cognate with Spanish imán ( " magnet " ) and diamante, French aimant ( " magnet " ) and diamant, Italian diamante, and Portuguese ímã ( " magnet " ) and diamante.

Noun [edit]

diamond (countable and uncountable, plural diamonds)

1. ( uncountable ) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.

   The saw is coated with diamond.

2. A gemstone made from this mineral.

   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, "Gemstones", in American Scientist‎^[1], 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.

   The dozen loose diamonds sparkled in the light.

3. A ring containing a diamond.

   What a beautiful engagement diamond.

4. A very pale blue color/colour.

   diamond:

5. Something that resembles a diamond.
6. ( geometry ) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
7. ( geometry ) The polyiamond made up of two triangles.
8. ( baseball ) The entire field of play used in the game.
9. ( baseball ) The infield of a baseball field.

   The teams met on the diamond.

10. ( card games ) A card of the diamonds suit.

    I have only one diamond in my hand.

12. ( printing, uncountable, dated ) A size of type, standardised as 4+ ¹ ⁄ ₂ point.

Synonyms [edit]

• ( gemstone ) : sparkler ( informal )
• ( ring ) : diamond ring
• ( something that resembles a diamond ) : adamant
• ( geometry: rhombus ) : lozenge, rhomb, rhombus
• ( geometry: polyiamond ) : 2-iamond
• ( baseball: entire baseball field ) : ball field, baseball field
• ( baseball: infield of a baseball field ) : baseball diamond, infield

Antonyms [edit]

• (baseball: infield of a baseball field): outfield

Derived terms [edit]

Terms derived from the noun "diamond"

Translations [edit]

uncountable: mineral

Abaza: алмаз ( almaz ) Abkhaz: алмас ( almas ) Afrikaans: diamant  (af) Albanian: diamant  (sq) m , padamar m , adham m Amharic: አልማዝ ( ʾälmaz ) Arabic: أَلْمَاس‎ m ( ʾalmās ), مَاس‎ m ( mās ) Egyptian Arabic: الماظ‎ mpl ( almaẓ ), الماس‎ mpl ( almas ) Aramaic: Syriac: ܐܵܠܡܵܣ‎, ܐܵܕܵܡܘܿܣ‎, ܡܵܫܘܿܫܵܐ‎ Armenian: ադամանդ  (hy) ( adamand ), ալմաստ  (hy) ( almast ) Assamese: হীৰা ( hira ) Asturian: diamante m Avar: алмас ( almas ) Azerbaijani: almaz  (az) Bambara: lúulu, jaman Bashkir: алмас ( almas ) ( uncut ), гәүһәр ( gäwhär ), бриллиант ( brilliant ) ( cut ) Belarusian: алма́з m ( almáz ), дыяме́нт m ( dyjamjént ) Bengali: হীরা ( hira ) Bulgarian: диама́нт  (bg) m ( diamánt ), елма́з  (bg) m ( elmáz ) Burmese: စိန်  (my) ( cin ) Catalan: diamant  (ca) m Central Melanau: itan Cherokee: ᏅᏯ ᎤᏥᏍᏓᎷᎩᏍᎩ ( nvya utsisdalugisgi ) Chinese: Cantonese: 金剛石, 金刚石 ( gam1 gong1 sek6 ) Hakka: 金剛石, 金刚石 ( kîm-kong-sa̍k ) Mandarin: 金剛石  (zh), 金刚石  (zh) ( jīngāngshí ) Min Nan: 金剛石, 金刚石 ( kim-kong-chio̍h ) Classical Nahuatl: tlacuāhuac tecpatl Cornish: adamant m Crimean Tatar: elmaz Czech: diamant  (cs) m Danish: diamant  (da) c Dutch: diamant  (nl) n Esperanto: diamanto Estonian: teemant Faroese: diamantur m Finnish: timantti  (fi) French: diamant  (fr) m Friulian: diamant m Gagauz: almaz Galician: diamante  (gl) m Georgian: ალმასი ( almasi ) German: Diamant  (de) m Greek: διαμάντι  (el) n ( diamánti ) Ancient: ἀδάμας m ( adámas ) Gujarati: હીરો  (gu) m ( hīro ) Hausa: daimon  (ha) m Hawaiian: kaimana Hebrew: יַהֲלוֹם‎ (he) ( yahalóm ) Hiligaynon: batongmaidlak Hindi: हीरा  (hi) m ( hīrā ), अलमास  (hi) m ( almās ), वज्र  (hi) m ( vajra ), डायमंड  (hi) m ( ḍāymaṇḍ ) Hungarian: gyémánt  (hu) Iban: intan Icelandic: demantur  (is) n Indonesian: intan  (id) Irish: diamant m , diamaint mpl Istriot: giamanto m Italian: diamante  (it) m Japanese: 金剛石  (ja) ( こんごうせき, kongōseki ), ダイヤモンド  (ja) ( daiyamondo ), ダイヤ  (ja) ( daiya ) Kannada: ವಜ್ರ  (kn) ( vajra ) Kashubian: diamańt m Kazakh: алмаз ( almaz ) Khmer: ពេជ្រ  (km) ( pɨc ) Korean: 다이아몬드  (ko) ( daiamondeu ) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: elmas  (ku) Kyrgyz: алмаз  (ky) ( almaz ) Ladino: diyamante m

Lak: алмас ( almas ) Lao: ເພັດ  (lo) ( phet ) Latin: adamas m Latvian: dimants m Lezgi: алмас ( almas ) Lithuanian: deimantas m Luxembourgish: Diamant m Macedonian: дијама́нт m ( dijamánt ) Malagasy: diamondra  (mg) Malay: intan  (ms), almas Malayalam: വജ്രം  (ml) ( vajraṃ ) Maori: taimana Maranao: intan Marathi: हिरा m ( hirā ) Middle Persian: [script needed] ( ʾlmʾs /almās/ ) Mongolian: Cyrillic: алмааз ( almaaz ) Nepali: हिरा ( hirā ) Newar: हेरा ( herā ) Norwegian: Bokmål: diamant  (no) m Nynorsk: diamant m Occitan: diamant  (oc) m Oriya: ଡାଏମନ୍  (or) ( ḍaemôn ) Papiamentu: djamanta Pashto: الماس‎ (ps) m ( almãs ) Persian: الماس‎ (fa) ( almâs ) Polish: diament  (pl) m Portuguese: diamante  (pt) m Punjabi: ਹੀਰਾ m ( hīrā ) Romanian: diamant  (ro) n Romansch: diamant m , diamànt m ( Sutsilvan ) Russian: алма́з  (ru) m ( almáz ), диама́нт  (ru) m ( diamánt ) ( archaic ), адама́нт  (ru) m ( adamánt ) ( archaic ) S'gaw Karen: တၢ်မျၢ်ပလဲ ( ta̱ mla̱ pa leh ) Sanskrit: वज्रम्  (sa) m ( vajram ), अविक  (sa) n ( avika ), वज्र  (sa) m ( vajra ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: дијамант m Roman: dijamant  (sh) m Sinhalese: දියමන්ති  (si) ( diyamanti ) Slovak: diamant  (sk) m Slovene: diamánt  (sl) m , démant m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dejmant m Spanish: diamante  (es) m Sranan Tongo: dyamanti Swahili: almasi  (sw) 9 or 10 Swedish: diamant  (sv) c Tabasaran: алмас ( almas ) Tagalog: diyamante Tajik: алмос ( almos ) Tamil: வைரம்  (ta) ( vairam ) Tarantino: diamande Tatar: алмаз ( almaz ) Telugu: వజ్రం  (te) ( vajraṃ ), వజ్రము  (te) ( vajramu ) Thai: เพชร  (th) ( pét ) Tibetan: རྡོ་རྗེ ( rdo rje ) Tigrinya: ኣልማዝ ( ʾalmaz ) Tok Pisin: daimen Turkish: elmas  (tr) Turkmen: almaz  (tk) Ukrainian: алма́з  (uk) m ( almáz ), діама́нт m ( diamánt ) Urdu: ہیرا‎ m ( hīrā ), الماس‎ m ( almās ) Uyghur: ئالماس‎ ( almas ) Uzbek: olmos  (uz) Venetian: diamante  (vec) m Vietnamese: kim cương  (vi) Vilamovian: djēmyt m Welsh: deimwnt m West Frisian: diamant c Xhosa: idayimani Yiddish: דימענט‎ m ( diment ) Zulu: idayimane 5 or 6

gemstone

• Albanian: adham m , diamant  (sq) m , brilant  (sq) m ,

  Arbëresh: padamar

• Arabic: مَاس‎ m ( mās ), أَلْمَاسَة‎ f ( ʾalmāsa ) ( singulative ), أَلْمَاس‎ m ( ʾalmās ) ( collective ), مَاسَة‎ f ( māsa ) ( singulative )
• Armenian: ադամանդ  (hy) ( adamand ), ալմաստ  (hy) ( almast )
• Azerbaijani: brilyant  (az)
• Bashkir: алмас ( almas )
• Belarusian: брылья́нт m ( brylʹjánt ), дыяме́нт m ( dyjamjént )
• Bengali: হীরা ( hira )
• Bulgarian: диама́нт  (bg) m ( diamánt ), бриля́нт  (bg) m ( briljánt )
• Burmese: စိန်  (my) ( cin )
• Catalan: diamant  (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鑽石, 钻石 ( zyun³ sek⁶ )

  Mandarin: 鑽石  (zh), 钻石  (zh) ( zuànshí )

  Minnan: 璇石 ( soān-chio̍h )

• Classical Nahuatl: tlacuāhuac tecpatl
• Cornish: adamant
• Czech: diamant  (cs) m
• Danish: diamant  (da) c
• Dutch: diamant  (nl) m
• Esperanto: diamanto
• Estonian: teemant
• Faroese: diamantur m
• Fijian: daimani
• Finnish: timantti  (fi)
• French: diamant  (fr) m
• Galician: diamante  (gl) m
• Georgian: ბრილიანტი ( brilianṭi ), ანდამატი ( andamaṭi )
• German: Diamant  (de) m , Brillant  (de) m
• Greek: διαμάντι  (el) n ( diamánti )

  Ancient: ἀδάμας m ( adámas )

• Hebrew: יַהֲלוֹם‎ (he) m ( yahalom )
• Hindi: हीरा  (hi) m ( hīrā ), अलमास  (hi) m ( almās ), वज्र  (hi) m ( vajra ), डायमंड  (hi) m ( ḍāymaṇḍ )
• Hungarian: gyémánt  (hu)
• Icelandic: demantur  (is) m
• Indonesian: berlian  (id)
• Irish: diamant m
• Italian: diamante  (it) m
• Japanese: ダイヤモンド  (ja) ( daiyamondo )
• Kazakh: алмаз ( almaz )
• Khmer: ពេជ្រ  (km) ( pɨc )
• Korean: 다이아몬드  (ko) ( daiamondeu )
• Kyrgyz: алмаз  (ky) ( almaz )
• Lao: ເພັດ  (lo) ( phet )
• Latin: adamas m
• Latvian: dimants m
• Lithuanian: deimantas m
• Macedonian: дијама́нт m ( dijamánt )
• Malay: intan  (ms), almas
• Maltese: djamant
• Manchu: ᡦᠠᠯᡨᠠ ( palta )
• Mongolian: алмааз ( almaaz )
• Navajo: óola niłtólí, óola niłtólí ílínígíí, tsé diichiłí
• Norwegian: diamant  (no)
• Persian: الماس‎ (fa) ( almâs )
• Polish: diament  (pl) m
• Portuguese: diamante  (pt) m
• Romanian: diamant  (ro) n
• Romansch: diamant m
• Russian: алма́з  (ru) m ( almáz ), бриллиа́нт  (ru) m ( brilliánt ), брилья́нт  (ru) m ( brilʹjánt ) ( variant of "бриллиант" ), брю́лик  (ru) m ( brjúlik ) ( slang ), диама́нт  (ru) ( diamánt ) ( archaic )
• Samoan: taimane
• Sanskrit: वज्र  (sa) m ( vajra )
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дијамант m

  Roman: dijamant  (sh) m

• Sinhalese: දියමන්ති  (si) ( diyamanti )
• Slovak: diamant  (sk) m
• Slovene: diamant  (sl) m , demant m
• Spanish: diamante  (es) m , gema  (es)
• Swahili: almasi  (sw)
• Swedish: brilliant  (sv) c , diamant  (sv) c
• Tagalog: brilyante, diyamante
• Tajik: алмос ( almos )
• Telugu: వజ్రం  (te) ( vajraṃ )
• Thai: เพชร  (th) ( pét )
• Tok Pisin: daimen
• Turkish: pırlanta  (tr)
• Turkmen: almaz  (tk)
• Ukrainian: діама́нт m ( diamánt ), брилья́нт  (uk) m ( brylʹjánt )
• Urdu: ہیرا‎ m ( hīrā )
• Uyghur: ئالماس‎ ( almas )
• Uzbek: olmos  (uz)
• Vietnamese: kim cương  (vi)
• Welsh: diemwnt m , diemwntau mpl
• Westrobothnian: demant m
• Yiddish: דימענט‎ ( diment )

something that resembles a diamond

very pale blue color/colour

baseball: entire baseball field

baseball: infield of a baseball field

card games: card of the diamonds suit

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

See also [edit]

• argyle
• carbonado
• diamante
• paragon
• chlenter
• rhinestone
• brifka

Adjective [edit]

diamond (not comparable)

1. made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.

   He gave her diamond earrings.

2. of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.

   Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.

3. of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.

   Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.

4. ( slang ) First-rate; excellent.

   He's a diamond geezer.

Translations [edit]

made of, or containing diamond

of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary

of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary

Verb [edit]

diamond (third-person singular simple present diamonds, present participle diamonding, simple past and past participle diamonded)

1. to adorn with or as if with diamonds

Translations [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Borrowed from Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger Perl.

Noun [edit]

diamond (uncountable)

1. ( printing, dated ) The size of type between brilliant and pearl, standardized as 4+ ¹ ⁄ ₂ -point.

Further reading [edit]

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021), "Diamond", in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• "diamond", in Mindat.org‎^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

What Is the Latin Word for Diamond

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diamond#:~:text=From%20Middle%20English%20dyamaunt%2C%20from,%E2%80%9Cmagnet%E2%80%9D)%20and%20diamante.

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