"onyx" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɒnɪks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-onyx.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɒnɪks Etymology: From Middle English onix (c. 1300), earlier oniche (c. 1250), from Old French oniche or onix, from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”). Doublet of unguis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃negʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|onix}} Middle English onix, {{m|enm|oniche}} oniche, {{der|en|fro|oniche}} Old French oniche, {{m|fro|onix}} onix, {{der|en|la|onyx}} Latin onyx, {{der|en|grc|ὄνυξ|t=onyx}} Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”), {{doublet|en|unguis}} Doublet of unguis Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} onyx (not comparable)
  1. jet-black Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Blacks Related terms: sardonyx
    Sense id: en-onyx-en-adj-uz6kanwk Disambiguation of Blacks: 61 3 32 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 31 22 27

Noun

IPA: /ˈɒnɪks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-onyx.wav [Southern-England] Forms: onyxes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒnɪks Etymology: From Middle English onix (c. 1300), earlier oniche (c. 1250), from Old French oniche or onix, from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”). Doublet of unguis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃negʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|onix}} Middle English onix, {{m|enm|oniche}} oniche, {{der|en|fro|oniche}} Old French oniche, {{m|fro|onix}} onix, {{der|en|la|onyx}} Latin onyx, {{der|en|grc|ὄνυξ|t=onyx}} Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”), {{doublet|en|unguis}} Doublet of unguis Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} onyx (countable and uncountable, plural onyxes)
  1. (mineralogy) A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals, Gems Translations (a banded variety of chalcedony): جَزْع (jazʕ) (Arabic), ոնիքս (onikʻs) (Armenian), onize (Basque), оникс (oniks) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ònix [masculine] (Catalan), 縞瑪瑙 (Chinese Mandarin), 缟玛瑙 (gǎomǎnǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 紅璧璽 (Chinese Mandarin), 红璧玺 (hóngbìxǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), onyx [masculine] (Czech), onyks (Danish), onyx [masculine] (Dutch), oonüks (Estonian), onyksi (Finnish), onyx [masculine] (French), ónix [feminine] (Galician), Onyx [masculine] (German), שֹׁהַם (shóham) [masculine] (Hebrew), सुलैमानी पत्थर (sulaimānī patthar) (Hindi), onixo (Ido), onice [feminine] (Italian), オニキス (onikisu) (Japanese), オニックス (onikkusu) (Japanese), 오닉스 (onikseu) (Korean), onyx [feminine, masculine] (Latin), onikss (Latvian), oniksas (Lithuanian), onika (Maori), onyx [masculine] (Norwegian), onix [masculine] (Occitan), عقیق سلیمانی ('aqiq-e soleymâni) (Persian), onyks [masculine] (Polish), ónix (Portuguese), onix [masculine] (Romanian), о́никс (óniks) [masculine] (Russian), оникс [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), oniks [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), óniks [masculine] (Slovene), ónix [feminine] (Spanish), ónice [feminine] (Spanish), ónique [feminine] (Spanish), sardoniki (Swahili), oniks (Tagalog), โอนิกซ์ (oo-ník) (Thai), oniks (Turkish), о́нікс (óniks) [masculine] (Ukrainian), سلیمانی پتھر (sulaimānī patthar) (Urdu), onics [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-onyx-en-noun-38X9vDg8 Disambiguation of Gems: 23 37 24 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 31 22 27 Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'a banded variety of chalcedony': 86 8 7
  2. A jet-black color, named after the gemstone. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-onyx-en-noun--BScFBoh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 31 22 27
  3. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Horaga. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Gossamer-winged butterflies
    Sense id: en-onyx-en-noun-acZpF0Er Disambiguation of Gossamer-winged butterflies: 28 19 19 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 31 22 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 20 17 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: onyx marble

Inflected forms

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        "t": "onyx"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "unguis"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of unguis",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English onix (c. 1300), earlier oniche (c. 1250), from Old French oniche or onix, from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”). Doublet of unguis.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "onyx (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sardonyx"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": ", Genesis, 2:12",
          "text": "And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1922, Michael Arlen, “3/7/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days",
          "text": "There was no moon, only stars set brilliantly in the soft black onyx of the sky : a black night and very silent on Cimiez ; and a black and silent prospect from the verandah […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jet-black"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jet-black",
          "jet-black"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒnɪks/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒnɪks"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-onyx.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "onyx"
  ],
  "word": "onyx"
}

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