"chalcedony" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kælˈsɛd.ə.ni/, /ˈkæl.səˌdoʊ.ni/ Audio: En-us-chalcedony.ogg Forms: chalcedonies [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin chalcēdōnius, from Ancient Greek χαλχηδόνιος (khalkhēdónios), cognate to Arabic كَرْكَنْد (karkand). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|chalcēdōnius}} Latin chalcēdōnius, {{der|en|grc|χαλχηδόνιος}} Ancient Greek χαλχηδόνιος (khalkhēdónios), {{cog|ar|كَرْكَنْد}} Arabic كَرْكَنْد (karkand) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chalcedony (countable and uncountable, plural chalcedonies)
  1. A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally. Wikipedia link: chalcedony Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Gems Synonyms: chalcedonite Derived forms: chalcedoneous, chalcedonic Translations (form of fine-grained quartz): χαλκηδών (khalkēdṓn) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), քաղկեդոն (kʻaġkedon) (Armenian), kaltzedonia (Basque), calcedònia [feminine] (Catalan), ᎧᎵᏏᏙᏂ (kalisidoni) (Cherokee), 玉髓 (yùsuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 石髓 (shísuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), chalcedon (Czech), kaltsedon (Estonian), kalkedoni (Farefare), kalkedon (Farefare), kalkedonio (Farefare), kalsedoni (Finnish), calcédoine [feminine] (French), Chalcedon (German), כלקדון (Hebrew), kalcedono (Ido), kalsedon (Indonesian), cailceadón [masculine] (Irish), calcedonio [feminine] (Italian), 玉髄 (gyokuzui) (alt: ぎょくずい) (Japanese), 옥수 (oksu) (Korean), halcedons (Latvian), chalcedonas (Lithuanian), калцедо́н (kalcedón) [masculine] (Macedonian), karakeroni (Maori), kalsedon [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kalsedon [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کرکهان (karkahân) (Persian), chalcedon [masculine] (Polish), calcedônia [feminine] (Portuguese), халцедо́н (xalcedón) [masculine] (Russian), chalcedón (Slovak), calcedonia [feminine] (Spanish), kalsedon (Sundanese), kalkedoni (Swahili), kalcedon (Swedish), kalsedonya (Tagalog), แคลเซโดนี (Thai), kalsedon (Turkish), халцедон (xalcedon) (Ukrainian), chan-xe-đon (Vietnamese), calsedon [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-chalcedony-en-noun-5rQP0qRU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Farefare translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Sundanese translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Related terms: calcedon, chert, flint, moganite, conchoidal [adjective], conchoidally [adverb], break [noun], fracture, flake, shatter, knapp [verb], break Related terms (noun: types of minerals): agate

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      "expansion": "Arabic كَرْكَنْد (karkand)",
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    }
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    },
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      "sense": "noun: types of minerals",
      "word": "agate"
    },
    {
      "word": "chert"
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    {
      "word": "flint"
    },
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      "word": "moganite"
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      ],
      "word": "conchoidal"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "break"
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      "word": "fracture"
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      "word": "flake"
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      "word": "shatter"
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      "word": "knapp"
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      "word": "break"
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        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Basque translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Cherokee translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Farefare translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Sundanese translations",
        "Terms with Swahili translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
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        {
          "ref": "2012 March 14, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 2012-06-14, page 128:",
          "text": "Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally."
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          "quartz"
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      "wikipedia": [
        "chalcedony"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kælˈsɛd.ə.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæl.səˌdoʊ.ni/"
    },
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    {
      "word": "chalcedonite"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻaġkedon",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "քաղկեդոն"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "kaltzedonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calcedònia"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "kalisidoni",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "ᎧᎵᏏᏙᏂ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùsuǐ",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "玉髓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shísuǐ",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "石髓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "chalcedon"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "kaltsedon"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "kalkedoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "kalkedon"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "kalkedonio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "kalsedoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calcédoine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "Chalcedon"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "khalkēdṓn",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χαλκηδών"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "כלקדון"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "kalcedono"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "kalsedon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cailceadón"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calcedonio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎょくずい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gyokuzui",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "玉髄"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "oksu",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "옥수"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "halcedons"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "chalcedonas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kalcedón",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "калцедо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "karakeroni"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kalsedon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kalsedon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "karkahân",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "کرکهان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chalcedon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calcedônia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xalcedón",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "халцедо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "chalcedón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calcedonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "kalsedon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "kalkedoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "kalcedon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "kalsedonya"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "แคลเซโดนี"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "kalsedon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xalcedon",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "халцедон"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "word": "chan-xe-đon"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "form of fine-grained quartz",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "calsedon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chalcedony"
}

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