"chrysoprase" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chrysoprases [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) and πράσινον (prásinon, “green”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|χρυσός||gold}} Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”), {{m|grc|πράσινον||green}} πράσινον (prásinon, “green”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} chrysoprase (plural chrysoprases)
  1. (mineralogy) A variety of light-green translucent quartz. Wikipedia link: chrysoprase Categories (topical): Gems, Minerals Translations (variety of quartz): χρυσόπρασος (khrusóprasos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), խրիզոպրազ (xrizopraz) (Armenian), krisoprasa (Bikol Central), krizopraz (Breton), хризопра́з (hrizopráz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), crisopras [masculine] (Catalan), crisoprasi [masculine] (Catalan), ᏟᏌᏇᏌ (tlisaquesa) (Cherokee), 綠玉髓 (Chinese Mandarin), 绿玉髓 (lǜyùsuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), krysopras (Danish), chrysopras (Danish), chrysopraas [masculine] (Dutch), krizopraso (Esperanto), ĥrizoprazo (Esperanto), krüsopraas (Estonian), krysopraasi (Finnish), chrysoprase [feminine] (French), crisoprasa [feminine] (Galician), ხრიზოპრაზი (xrizoṗrazi) (Georgian), Chrysopras [masculine] (German), krizopráz (Hungarian), hrizoprazo (Ido), krisopras (Indonesian), crisoprasio [masculine] (Italian), crisopraso [masculine] (Italian), crisopazio [masculine] (Italian), 녹옥수 (nogoksu) (alt: 綠玉髓) (Korean), 크리소프레이즈 (keurisopeureijeu) (Korean), hrizoprāzs [masculine] (Latvian), chrizoprazas [masculine] (Lithuanian), karihoparaha (Maori), хризопраз (xrizopraz) (Mongolian), kirisopirēsi (Niuean), chryzopraz [masculine] (Polish), crisoprásio [masculine] (Portuguese), crisopraso [masculine] (Portuguese), хризопра́з (xrizopráz) [masculine] (Russian), crisoprasa [feminine] (Spanish), krisopraso (Swahili), krysopras (Swedish), chrysopras (Swedish), krisoprasa (Tagalog), krizopras (Turkish), crysopras [masculine] (Welsh)

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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "variety of quartz",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crisoprásio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "variety of quartz",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crisopraso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xrizopráz",
      "sense": "variety of quartz",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хризопра́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "variety of quartz",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crisoprasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "variety of quartz",
      "word": "krisopraso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "variety of quartz",
      "word": "krysopras"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "variety of quartz",
      "word": "chrysopras"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "variety of quartz",
      "word": "krisoprasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "variety of quartz",
      "word": "krizopras"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "variety of quartz",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crysopras"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chrysoprase"
}

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