Definition of emerald noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

emerald

noun

/ˈemərəld/

[countable, uncountable] a bright green precious stone
- an emerald ring
Topics Clothes and Fashionc2

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(also emerald green)
[uncountable] a bright green colour
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- lemon yellow
- primrose yellow
- lily-white
- snow-white
- nut-brown
Topics Colours and Shapesc2

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French e(s)meraud, ultimately via Latin from Greek (s)maragdos, via Prakrit (an ancient Indian language) from Semitic (compare with Hebrew bāreqet̲, from bāraq ‘flash, sparkle’).

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