"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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    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from French",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms derived from Sinhalese",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
    "Terms with Malayalam translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Sinhalese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Wu translations",
    "en:Gems"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "tourmaline"
      },
      "expansion": "French tourmaline",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "si",
        "3": "තෝරමල්ලී",
        "gloss": "carnelian"
      },
      "expansion": "Sinhalese තෝරමල්ලී (tōramallī, “carnelian”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French tourmaline, ultimately from Sinhalese තෝරමල්ලී (tōramallī, “carnelian”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tourmalines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "tourmaline (countable and uncountable, plural tourmalines)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "blue tourmaline"
    },
    {
      "word": "canary tourmaline"
    },
    {
      "word": "chrome tourmaline"
    },
    {
      "word": "dravite"
    },
    {
      "word": "green tourmaline"
    },
    {
      "word": "indicolite"
    },
    {
      "word": "indigolite"
    },
    {
      "word": "multicolored tourmaline"
    },
    {
      "word": "Paraiba tourmaline"
    },
    {
      "word": "rubellite"
    },
    {
      "word": "schorl"
    },
    {
      "word": "shocking pink tourmaline"
    },
    {
      "word": "watermelon tourmaline"
    },
    {
      "word": "yellow tourmaline"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "luxulyanite"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mohrenkopf"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Minerals"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 28, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 2012-06-14, page 128",
          "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.)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mineralogy",
          "mineralogy"
        ],
        [
          "borosilicate",
          "borosilicate"
        ],
        [
          "compound",
          "compound"
        ],
        [
          "chemical element",
          "chemical element"
        ],
        [
          "semi-precious",
          "semi-precious"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mineralogy) A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "mineralogy",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A transparent gemstone cut from it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gemstone",
          "gemstone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʊɚ.mə.lɪn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʊɚ.məˌlin/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "turmalin",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "տուրմալին"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "turmalin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "turmalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "電氣石"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "din⁶ hei³ sek⁶",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "电气石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "電氣石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànqìshí",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "电气石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "托瑪琳"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuōmǎlín",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "托玛琳"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "電氣石"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "电气石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turmalín"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toermalijn"
    },
    {
      "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"
      ],
      "word": "Turmalin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Tourmalínis",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "Τουρμαλίνης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "turamlī",
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "तुरमली"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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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