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Diamant

Diamant

See also: diamant and diamànt

German

Noun

Diamant m (genitive Diamanten, plural Diamanten)

  1. (uncountable) diamond (allotrope of carbon)
  2. diamond (gemstone)
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Noun

Diamant

  1. (uncountable, printing, dated) A small size of type, standardized as 4 point.

Luxembourgish

Noun

Diamant m (plural Diamanten)

  1. diamond

diamant

diamant

See also: diamànt and Diamant

Catalan

Noun

diamant m (plural diamants)

  1. diamond (gem)

Czech

Noun

diamant m

  1. diamond

Danish

Noun

diamant c (singular definite diamanten, plural indefinite diamanter)

  1. diamond (mineral)

Declension

References


Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

The typographic use derives from Dirck Voskens, who first cut it around 1700 and presumably named it by analogy with the larger parel.

Noun

diamant n (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) diamond (substance)

Noun

diamant m (plural diamanten, diminutive diamantje n)

  1. a diamond
  2. (uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between kwart cicero and parel, equivalent to English brilliant and standardized as 4 point.

Synonyms

  • robijn
  • halve petit

Descendants


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dja.mɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, diamantis, probably from metathesis of adimas, adimantis (whence French aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

Noun

diamant m (plural diamants)

  1. diamond (gem)
  2. diamond (shape)
  3. needle (of a record player)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

diamant m (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable, printing, dated) excelsior (a small size of type, standardized as 3 point)

Anagrams


Irish

Etymology

From Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, diamantis, from Classical Latin adamās, adamantis.

Noun

diamant m (genitive singular diamaint, nominative plural diamaint)

  1. diamond (mineral)

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
diamant dhiamant ndiamant
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Bokmål

diamant

Etymology

From French diamant, from Middle Latin diamantem and accusative diamas, from Latin adamantem (compare English adamant) as a result of influence from Greek, accusative of Latin and Greek adamas,"invincible", literally "the hardest metal".

Noun

diamant m (definite singular diamanten, indefinite plural diamanter, definite plural diamantene)

  1. diamond (uncountable: mineral)
    Kongen bar en krone av gull, besatt med diamanter.
    The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.
    Sagen er belagt med diamant.
    The saw is coated with diamond.
  2. the smallest typeface in letterpress printing

Derived terms

  • uslepen diamant/uslipt diamant
  • diamantring
  • diamantbor
  • diamantbrosje
  • diamantbryllup
  • diamanthalsbånd
  • diamanthandler
  • diamantholdig
  • diamanthard
  • diamantglans
  • diamantglitrende
  • diamantsliper
  • diamantsmykke

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French diamant, from Middle Latin diamantem and accusative diamas, from Latin adamantem (compare English adamant) as a result of influence from Greek, accusative of Latin and Greek adamas,"invincible", literally "the hardest metal".

Noun

diamant m (definite singular diamanten, indefinite plural diamantar, definite plural diamantane)

  1. diamond (uncountable: mineral)
    Kongen bar ei krone av gull, innsett med diamantar.
    The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.
    Saga er innsett med diamant.
    The saw is coated with diamond.
  2. the smallest typeface in letterpress printing

Derived terms

  • uslipa diamant/uslipt diamant
  • diamantring
  • diamantbor
  • diamantbrosje
  • diamantbryllaup
  • diamanthaldig
  • diamanthard
  • diamantglans
  • diamantglitrande
  • diamanthalsband
  • diamanthandlar
  • diamantslipar
  • diamantsmykke

References


Romanian

Etymology

From French diamant.

Noun

diamant n (plural diamante)

  1. diamond

Romansch

Alternative forms

Noun

diamant m (plural diamants)

  1. (mineral, gemstone, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) diamond

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dijaˈmàːnt/, /dijaˈmáːnt/
  • Tonal orthography: dijamánt, dijamȃnt

Noun

diamánt m inan (genitive diamánta, nominative plural diamánti)

  1. diamond

Declension

Derived terms


Swedish

Noun

diamant c

  1. (uncountable) the mineral diamond
  2. (countable) the gem stone diamond, whether cut or not

Declension

Inflection of diamant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative diamant diamanten diamanter diamanterna
Genitive diamants diamantens diamanters diamanternas

See also

  • diamantborr