"tourmaline" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtʊɚ.mə.lɪn/, /ˈtʊɚ.məˌlin/ Forms: tourmalines [plural]
Etymology: From French tourmaline, ultimately from Sinhalese තෝරමල්ලී (tōramallī, “carnelian”) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|tourmaline}} French tourmaline, {{der|en|si|තෝරමල්ලී|gloss=carnelian}} Sinhalese තෝරමල්ලී (tōramallī, “carnelian”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tourmaline (countable and uncountable, plural tourmalines)
  1. (mineralogy) A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals, Gems Translations (both senses): տուրմալին (turmalin) (Armenian), turmalin (Azerbaijani), turmalina [feminine] (Catalan), 電氣石 (Chinese Cantonese), 电气石 (din⁶ hei³ sek⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 電氣石 (Chinese Mandarin), 电气石 (diànqìshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 托瑪琳 (Chinese Mandarin), 托玛琳 (tuōmǎlín) (Chinese Mandarin), turmalín [masculine] (Czech), toermalijn [masculine] (Dutch), turmaliini (Finnish), tourmaline (French), turmalina [feminine] (Galician), Turmalin [masculine] (German), Τουρμαλίνης (Tourmalínis) (Greek), तुरमली (turamlī) (Hindi), वैक्रांत (vaikrānt) (Hindi), turmalin (Hungarian), tormalina [feminine] (Italian), トルマリン (torumarin) (Japanese), 電気石 (denkiseki) (alt: でんきせき) (Japanese), турмалин (turmalin) (Kazakh), 전기석 (jeon'giseok) (alt: 電氣石) (Korean), турмалин (turmalin) (Kyrgyz), ടൂർമലിൻ (ṭūṟmaliṉ) (Malayalam), ترمالین (tormâlin) (Persian), turmalina (Portuguese), turmalină [feminine] (Romanian), турмали́н (turmalín) [masculine] (Russian), තෝරමල්ලි (tōramalli) (Sinhalese), turmalina [feminine] (Spanish), turmalin [common-gender] (Swedish), askblåsare [common-gender] (Swedish), 電氣石 (Wu Chinese), 电气石 (Wu Chinese)
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  2. A transparent gemstone cut from it. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tourmaline-en-noun-huoo5zWo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: luxulyanite, Mohrenkopf
Hyponyms: blue tourmaline, canary tourmaline, chrome tourmaline, dravite, green tourmaline, indicolite, indigolite, multicolored tourmaline, Paraiba tourmaline, rubellite, schorl, shocking pink tourmaline, watermelon tourmaline, yellow tourmaline

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      "ipa": "/ˈtʊɚ.mə.lɪn/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈtʊɚ.məˌlin/"
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
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    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
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    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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      "word": "blue tourmaline"
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      "word": "canary tourmaline"
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      "word": "chrome tourmaline"
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    {
      "word": "dravite"
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    {
      "word": "indicolite"
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    {
      "word": "indigolite"
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    {
      "word": "multicolored tourmaline"
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    {
      "word": "Paraiba tourmaline"
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    {
      "word": "rubellite"
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    {
      "word": "schorl"
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    {
      "word": "shocking pink tourmaline"
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      "word": "watermelon tourmaline"
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      "word": "luxulyanite"
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      "word": "Mohrenkopf"
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          "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.)",
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      "ipa": "/ˈtʊɚ.mə.lɪn/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈtʊɚ.məˌlin/"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "turmalin",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "տուրմալին"
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      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "turmalin"
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      "sense": "both senses",
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      "word": "turmalina"
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      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "電氣石"
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      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "电气石"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "電氣石"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "diànqìshí",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "电气石"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "托瑪琳"
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      "roman": "tuōmǎlín",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "托玛琳"
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      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "電氣石"
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      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "电气石"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "turmalín"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "toermalijn"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "turmaliini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "tourmaline"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "turmalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Turmalin"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Tourmalínis",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "Τουρμαλίνης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "turamlī",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "तुरमली"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vaikrānt",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "वैक्रांत"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "turmalin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tormalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "torumarin",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "トルマリン"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でんきせき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "denkiseki",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "電気石"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "turmalin",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "турмалин"
    },
    {
      "alt": "電氣石",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeon'giseok",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "전기석"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "turmalin",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "турмалин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ṭūṟmaliṉ",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "ടൂർമലിൻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tormâlin",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "ترمالین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "turmalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "turmalină"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "turmalín",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "турмали́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "tōramalli",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "තෝරමල්ලි"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "turmalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "turmalin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "askblåsare"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "tourmaline"
  ],
  "word": "tourmaline"
}

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