esmeralda

See also: Esmeralda

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish esmeralda, from Old Spanish esmeralda, possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde, from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: es‧me‧ral‧da

Noun

esmeralda

1. an emerald

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esmeralda.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esmeˈɾaldɐ]

Noun

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)

1. emerald
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 436:

     Et os nomes delas son estes: carbũcolo, sardis, cafil, amatista, berilo, topás, grisólitos, esmeralda, brasmo, rrobj, calçedonja, cristal

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esmeralda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “merald”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esmeralda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esmeralda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Old French esmeralde, ultimately from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ezmeˈɾalda/

Noun

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)

1. emerald
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 16r:

     Et la ſu uerdura ⁊ la ſu reſplandor es muy meior que dela otra eſmeralda.

     And its greenness and gleam are much better than those of the other emerald.

   • Idem, f. 54r.

     Et eſtas ſon falladas en las mineras del oro o fallan las bonas eſmeraldas.

     And these are found in the goldmines where they find the best emeralds.

Descendants

• Spanish: esmeralda

Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iz.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [iz.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ], /ez.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [ez.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iz.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [iz.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ], /ez.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [ez.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʒ.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [iʒ.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ], /eʒ.meˈɾaw.dɐ/ [eʒ.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ez.meˈɾaw.da/ [ez.meˈɾaʊ̯.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒ.mɨˈɾal.dɐ/ [(i)ʒ.mɨˈɾaɫ.dɐ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -aldɐ, (Brazil) -awdɐ
• Homophone: Esmeralda
• Hyphenation: es‧me‧ral‧da

Noun

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)

1. emerald

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish esmeralda, possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin. Cf. also the Old Spanish form esmaragde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esmeˈɾalda/ [ez.meˈɾal̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -alda
• Syllabification: es‧me‧ral‧da

Noun

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)

1. emerald

Derived terms

• esmeraldero

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: esmeralda

Adjective

esmeralda (invariable)

1. emerald

Further reading

• “esmeralda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esmeralda, from Old Spanish esmeralda, possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔesmeˈɾalda/ [ʔɛs.mɛˈɾal.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -alda
• Syllabification: es‧me‧ral‧da

Noun

esmeralda (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜎ᜔ᜇ)

1. emerald (gemstone)
2. emerald (color)

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Related terms

• berdesmeralda

Further reading

• “esmeralda”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018