"nephrite" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnɛfˌɹaɪt/ Forms: nephrites [plural]
Etymology: From Latin lapis nephriticus, via Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos) νεφριτικός (nephritikós), meaning kidney stone, because jade was believed to have cured kidney stones. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|lapis nephriticus}} Latin lapis nephriticus, {{uder|en|grc|λίθος}} Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos), {{m|grc|νεφριτικός}} νεφριτικός (nephritikós) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nephrite (countable and uncountable, plural nephrites)
  1. (mineralogy) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Translations (semi-precious stone): нефрит (nefrit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), nefrita [feminine] (Catalan), 軟玉 (Chinese Mandarin), 软玉 (ruǎnyù) (Chinese Mandarin), (yù) (english: formerly) (Chinese Mandarin), nefrit [masculine] (Czech), nefriitti (Finnish), néphrite [feminine] (French), Nephrit [masculine] (German), νεφρίτης (nefrítis) (Greek), nefrite [feminine] (Italian), нефрит (nefrit) (Kazakh), lapis nephrīticus [masculine] (Latin), nephrītēs (Latin), nefrīts [masculine] (Latvian), не́фрит (néfrit) [masculine] (Macedonian), pounamu (Maori), nefryt [masculine] (Polish), nefrita [feminine] (Spanish)

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      "sense": "semi-precious stone",
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