"sardonyx" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɑː(ɹ)ˈdɒnɪks/ Forms: sardonyxes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒnɪks Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sardonyx. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃negʰ-}}, {{bor|en|la|sardonyx}} Latin sardonyx Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sardonyx (countable and uncountable, plural sardonyxes)
  1. A gemstone having bands of red sard; a variety of onyx or chalcedony. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Gems Translations (gemstone banded with red sard): σαρδόνυξ (sardónux) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), սարդոնիքս (sardonikʻs) (Armenian), sardònix [masculine] (Catalan), 纏絲瑪瑙 (Chinese Mandarin), 缠丝玛瑙 (chánsī mǎnǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), sardonyks [common-gender] (Danish), sardoonüks (Estonian), sardonyksi (Finnish), sardoine [feminine] (French), სარდონიქსი (sardoniksi) (Georgian), Sardonyx [masculine] (German), σαρδόνυχας (sardónychas) [masculine] (Greek), szardonix (Hungarian), sardonice [feminine] (Italian), サードニックス (sādonikkusu) (Japanese), サードニクス (sādonikusu) (Japanese), sardonyx [feminine, masculine] (Latin), sardonikss (Latvian), sardoniksas (Lithuanian), hararonika (Maori), sardonyks [masculine] (Polish), sardonik [masculine] (Polish), sardonix [neuter] (Romanian), сардони́кс (sardoníks) [masculine] (Russian), sardónix [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), sardónice [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), sardónica [feminine] (Spanish), sardonics [masculine] (Welsh), סאַרדאָניקס (sardoniks) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-sardonyx-en-noun-cwE9hKY2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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