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gemstones

From Middle English gimstone, alteration (due to Middle English gemme) of earlier ȝimston, ȝimstan, from Old English ġimstān, ġymstān (“gem; jewel; precious stone”), equivalent to gem +‎ stone. Compare Icelandic gimsteinn (“jewel; gem”), Faroese gimsteinur (“jewel, precious stone”).

• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛmˌstoʊn/
• Rhymes: -ɛmstoʊn

gemstone (plural gemstones)

1. A gem, usually made of minerals.

• See also Thesaurus:gemstone

• gemstoned

• gemstone tree

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• Afrikaans: edelsteen (af)

• Arabic: جَوْهَر (ar) m (jawhar), جَوْهَرَة f (jawhara) (singulative)

• Armenian: թանկարժեք քար (tʻankaržekʻ kʻar)

• Bashkir: аҫыл таш (aśıl taş)

• Belarusian: кашто́ўны ка́мень m (kaštówny kámjenʹ), самацве́т m (samacvjét)

• Bulgarian: скъпоце́нен ка́мък m (skǎpocénen kámǎk)

• Burmese: ရတနာ (my) (ra.ta.na)

• Catalan: pedra preciosa f, gemma (ca) f

• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 寶石 / 宝石 (zh) (bǎoshí)

• Czech: klenot m, drahokam (cs) m

• Danish: ædelsten (da) c

• Dutch: edelsteen (nl) m

• Emilian: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: gemo

• Estonian: kalliskivi

• Finnish: jalokivi (fi)

• French: pierre précieuse (fr) f, joyau (fr) m, gemme (fr)

• Galician: pedra preciosa (gl) f, xema (gl) f, xoia (gl) f

• Georgian: დაუმუშავებელი ძვირფასი ქვა (daumušavebeli ʒvirpasi kva), დაუმუშავებელი პატიოსანი თვალი (daumušavebeli ṗaṭiosani tvali)

• German: Edelstein (de) m, Juwel (de) n, Kleinod (de) n

• Hebrew: אֶבֶן יְקָרָה f (éven yekará)

• Hindi: मणि (hi) m (maṇi), रत्न (hi) m (ratna), पत्थर (hi) m (patthar)

• Icelandic: gimsteinn (is) m

• Indonesian: batu akik (id)

• Italian: pietra preziosa f, gemma (it) f

• Japanese: 宝石 (ja) (ほうせき, hōseki)

• Kazakh: асыл тас (asyl tas)

• Khmer: ត្បូង (km) (tboung), មណី (km) (mĕəʼnii)

• Korean: 보석(寶石) (ko) (boseok)

• Kyrgyz: асыл таш (asıl taş)

• Lao: ພອຽ (phǭi), ມະນີ (ma nī), ຣະຕະນະ (ra ta na)

• Latin: gemma f

• Latvian: dārgakmens m

• Ligurian: prîa preçiôza f, gémma f

• Lithuanian: brangakmenis m

• Lombard: prèia (lmo) preziósa f, gema f

• Macedonian: ска́поцен ка́мен m (skápocen kámen)

• Malay: please add this translation if you can

• Malayalam: രത്നം (ml) (ratnaṁ), രത്നക്കല്ല് (ratnakkallŭ)

• Māori: pōhatu māpuna

• Norwegian:
  Bokmål: edelstein (no) m, edelsten (no) m, smykkestein m, smykkesten m
  Nynorsk: edelstein m, smykkestein m

• Old English: ġimstān m, ġymstān m

• Old Norse: gimsteinn m

• Pali: මණි m (maṇi)

• Pashto: غمی (ps) m (ǧamáy)

• Persian: نگین (fa) (negin), گوهر (fa) (gowhar), گوهرسنگ (fa) (goharsang)

• Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can

• Polish: kamień szlachetny (pl) m, klejnot (pl) m

• Portuguese: pedra preciosa (pt) f, gema (pt) f

• Romagnol: please add this translation if you can

• Romanian: piatră prețioasă (ro) f, piatră nestemată (ro) f

• Russian: драгоце́нный ка́мень (ru) m (dragocénnyj kámenʹ), самоцве́т (ru) m (samocvét)

• Sanskrit: मणि (sa) m (maṇi), रत्न (sa) n (ratna)

• Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: драгуљ m
  Latin: dragulj (sh) m

• Slovak: klenot m, drahokam m

• Slovene: dragulj (sl) m

• Spanish: piedra preciosa (es) f, joya (es) f, alhaja (es) f, gema (es) f

• Swedish: ädelsten (sv) c

• Tagalog: hiyas

• Tajik: чавхар (čavxar), гавҳар (gavhar)

• Thai: พลอย (th) (plɔɔi), จินดา (jin-daa), รัตน์ (th) (rát)

• Tocharian B: wamer, naumiye, prāp

• Turkish:
  Ottoman Turkish: جوهر (cevher)

• Ugaritic: 𐎑𐎅𐎗 (ẓhr)

• Ukrainian: дорогоці́нний ка́мінь m (dorohocínnyj káminʹ), кошто́вний ка́мінь m (koštóvnyj káminʹ), самоцві́т m (samocvít)

• Uzbek: gavhar (uz)

• Vietnamese: đá quý

• Welsh: tlysfaen m

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