"zircon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈzɜː(ɹ)kən/ Audio: En-zircon.ogg Forms: zircons [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kən Etymology: From German Zirkon, possibly via French zircon, formed in the 1780s from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn). Doublet of jargoon. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Zirkon}} German Zirkon, {{der|en|fr|zircon}} French zircon, {{der|en|ar|زَرْقُون}} Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn), {{doublet|en|jargoon}} Doublet of jargoon Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} zircon (countable and uncountable, plural zircons)
  1. (uncountable) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Gems, Minerals, Zirconium Translations (mineral): ցիրկոն (cʻirkon) (Armenian), циркон (cirkon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), zircó [masculine] (Catalan), 鋯石 (Chinese Mandarin), 锆石 (gàoshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 锆英石 (Chinese Mandarin), 鋯英石 (Chinese Mandarin), 风信子石 (Chinese Mandarin), 風信子石 (Chinese Mandarin), zirkon [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), zirkoni (Finnish), zircon [masculine] (French), zircon [masculine] (Friulian), ცირკონი (cirḳoni) (Georgian), Zirkon [masculine] (German), गोमेद (gomed) [masculine] (Hindi), गोमेधक (gomedhak) [masculine] (Hindi), गोमेदक (gomedak) [masculine] (Hindi), cirkon (Hungarian), zirkono (Ido), zircone [masculine] (Italian), ジルコン (jirukon) (Japanese), zircão [masculine] (Portuguese), zircon [neuter] (Romanian), цирко́н (cirkón) [masculine] (Russian), циркон [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cirkon [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), circón [masculine] (Spanish), zircón [masculine] (Spanish), zirkon (Swedish), sirkon (Tagalog), เพทาย (pee-taai) (Thai)
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  2. (countable) A crystal of zircon, sometimes used as a false gemstone. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-zircon-en-noun-p6IxvrxV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: zircon blue, zirconite, zirconium, zircon light, zircon-syenite Related terms: jacinth, jargon, jargoon

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "زَرْقُون"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "jargoon"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of jargoon",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From German Zirkon, possibly via French zircon, formed in the 1780s from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn). Doublet of jargoon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zircons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "zircon (countable and uncountable, plural zircons)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "jacinth"
    },
    {
      "word": "jargon"
    },
    {
      "word": "jargoon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 20, 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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tetragonal",
          "tetragonal"
        ],
        [
          "silica",
          "silica"
        ],
        [
          "zirconia",
          "zirconia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1982, “The Message”, performed by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five:",
          "text": "A zircon princess, seemed to lost her senses",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A crystal of zircon, sometimes used as a false gemstone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gemstone",
          "gemstone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A crystal of zircon, sometimes used as a false gemstone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɜː(ɹ)kən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)kən"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-zircon.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cʻirkon",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "ցիրկոն"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "cirkon",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "циркон"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zircó"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "鋯石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gàoshí",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "锆石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "锆英石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "鋯英石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "锆英石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "风信子石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "風信子石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "风信子石"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zirkon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "zirkoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zircon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zircon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "cirḳoni",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "ცირკონი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zirkon"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gomed",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गोमेद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gomedhak",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गोमेधक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gomedak",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गोमेदक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "cirkon"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "zirkono"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zircone"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jirukon",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "ジルコン"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zircão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zircon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cirkón",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цирко́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "циркон"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cirkon"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "circón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zircón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "zirkon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "sirkon"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pee-taai",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "เพทาย"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zircon"
}

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