turquoise

Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)

Turkish: turkuaz

Romanian: turcoază (stone)

Inherited from Old French turquois, from turc + -ois.


jargon

→ Catalan: jargó

→ English: jargoon

→ German: Jargon

→ Greek: γιαρκόν (giarkón)

→ Russian: жарго́н (žargón)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: жаргон

Latin script: žargon, jargon

→ Spanish: jergón

Borrowed from Italian giargone. Doublet of zircon.


alliance

→ Polish: alians

→ Portuguese: aliança

desctree

→ Russian: алья́нс (alʹjáns), алья́нсъ (alʹjáns) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
→ Armenian: ալյանս (alyans)
→ Kazakh: альянс (aläns)

→ Turkish: alyans


jade

→ Catalan: jade

→ English: jade

→ German: Jade

→ Italian: giada

→ Portuguese: jade

→ Romanian: jad

→ Spanish: jade

Rebracketed from earlier l’éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (jade was thought to cure pains in the side).


zircon

Borrowed from German Zirkon, formed in the 1780s from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn). Doublet of jargon.


nacre

mother-of-pearl (the hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells)


quartz

→ Catalan: quars

Borrowed from German Quarz, from a West Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ (“hard”).


émeraude

Inherited from Old French esmeralde, esmeragde, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus (“emerald”), from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos, “emerald”), from a Semitic language.


diamant

→ Czech: diamant

→ Romanian: diamant

Inherited from Middle French diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, probably from metathesis of adimas (whence aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).


bijou

→ Bulgarian: бижу́ (bižú)

→ Dutch: bijou

→ English: bijou

→ German: Bijou

→ Luxembourgish: Bijou

→ Neapolitan: bisciú

Borrowed from Breton bizoù, bizou (“ring”), from biz (“finger”).


broche

→ Dutch: broche
→ Indonesian: bros

→ German: Brosche

→ Ottoman Turkish: بروش (broş)
Turkish: broş

→ Portuguese: broche

→ Romanian: broșă

→ Russian: брошь (brošʹ)
→ Armenian: բրոշ (broš)
→ Georgian: ბროში (broši)

→ Spanish: broche

Inherited from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointy-toothed or prominent-toothed”), ultimately from Gaulish, compare Old Irish brog (“awl”).


boucle

→ Catalan: bucle m

→ Esperanto: buklo

→ Galician: bucle

→ Greek: μπούκλα (boúkla)

→ Portuguese: bucle

→ Romanian: buclă

→ Russian: бу́кля (búklja)

→ Spanish: bucle m

→ Turkish: bukle

Inherited from Old French boucle, bocle, from Latin buccula (“the cheek strap of a helmet”), diminutive of bucca.


bague

Sango: bâge

Inherited from Middle French bague, possibly a borrowing from Middle Dutch bage, bagge (“ring”), of obscure origin, but probably related to Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring, circlet”).
Compare Middle Low German bâge, bôge (“curve, arch, ring”), Old French wage (“ring”). Compare also Old French bage, Medieval Latin baga (“ring”) (also from the Proto-Germanic).
Another theory proposes a derivation from Latin baca (“berry”), plausible semantically, and comparable to Catalan baga (“ring”).


ambre

Inherited from Middle French ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).


boucle d'oreille

fr-noun

boucle d’oreille f (plural boucles d’oreille)

boucle d’ oreille (canonical feminine)
boucles d’oreille (plural)


grenat

Portuguese: grená

Probably derived from Old French pomme grenate or grenate (“pomegranate”), due to the red color.


rubis

Inherited from Old French rubi, rubin, borrowed from Medieval Latin rubinus, from Latin rubeus.


saphir

→ Romanian: safir n

→ Turkish: safir


topaze

From Latin topazus, from Koine Greek τόπαζος (tópazos), variant of τοπάζιον (topázion).


enchâsser

enchâsser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enchâssant (gerund participle present)
enchâssant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
enchâssé (participle past)
enchâssé (participle past)
enchâsse (first-person indicative present singular)
enchâsse (first-person indicative present singular)
enchâsses (indicative present second-person singular)
enchâsses (indicative present second-person singular)
enchâsse (indicative present singular third-person)
enchâsse (indicative present singular third-person)
enchâssons (first-person indicative plural present)
enchâssons (first-person indicative plural present)
enchâssez (indicative plural present second-person)
enchâssez (indicative plural present second-person)
enchâssent (indicative plural present third-person)
enchâssent (indicative plural present third-person)
enchâssais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enchâssais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enchâssais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enchâssais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enchâssait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enchâssait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enchâssions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enchâssions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enchâssiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enchâssiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enchâssaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enchâssaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enchâssai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
enchâssai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
enchâssas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
enchâssas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
enchâssa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
enchâssa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
enchâssâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
enchâssâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
enchâssâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
enchâssâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
enchâssèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
enchâssèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
enchâsserai (first-person future indicative singular)
enchâsserai (first-person future indicative singular)
enchâsseras (future indicative second-person singular)
enchâsseras (future indicative second-person singular)
enchâssera (future indicative singular third-person)
enchâssera (future indicative singular third-person)
enchâsserons (first-person future indicative plural)
enchâsserons (first-person future indicative plural)
enchâsserez (future indicative plural second-person)
enchâsserez (future indicative plural second-person)
enchâsseront (future indicative plural third-person)
enchâsseront (future indicative plural third-person)
enchâsserais (conditional first-person singular)
enchâsserais (conditional first-person singular)
enchâsserais (conditional second-person singular)
enchâsserais (conditional second-person singular)
enchâsserait (conditional singular third-person)
enchâsserait (conditional singular third-person)
enchâsserions (conditional first-person plural)
enchâsserions (conditional first-person plural)
enchâsseriez (conditional plural second-person)
enchâsseriez (conditional plural second-person)
enchâsseraient (conditional plural third-person)
enchâsseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
enchâsse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
enchâsse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
enchâsses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enchâsses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enchâsse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enchâsse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enchâssions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enchâssions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enchâssiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enchâssiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enchâssent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enchâssent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enchâssasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enchâssasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enchâssasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enchâssasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enchâssât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enchâssât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enchâssassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enchâssassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enchâssassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enchâssassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enchâssassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enchâssassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enchâsse (imperative second-person singular)
enchâsse (imperative second-person singular)
enchâssons (first-person imperative plural)
enchâssons (first-person imperative plural)
enchâssez (imperative plural second-person)
enchâssez (imperative plural second-person)

From en- + châsse + -er. Compare the similarly built verb encaisser.

(transitive, jewelry) to set (place inside a case)


améthyste

Persian: آمیتیست (âmitist)

Inherited from Old French ametiste, from Latin amethystus.


hyacinthe

desctree

→ German: Hyazinthe
→ Russian: гиаци́нт (giacínt)

From Latin hyacinthus. Doublet of jacinthe.


aigue-marine

fr-noun

aigue-marine f (plural aigue-marines or aigues-marines)

aigue-marines (plural)
aigues-marines (plural)


cristal de roche

cristal de roche m (plural cristaux de roche)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-cristal de roche.wav


pendentif

→ English: pendentive

→ German: Pendentif

→ Romanian: pandantiv


enchatonner

enchatonner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enchatonnant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
enchatonné (participle past)
enchatonne (first-person indicative present singular)
enchatonnes (indicative present second-person singular)
enchatonne (indicative present singular third-person)
enchatonnons (first-person indicative plural present)
enchatonnez (indicative plural present second-person)
enchatonnent (indicative plural present third-person)
enchatonnais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enchatonnais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enchatonnait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enchatonnions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enchatonniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enchatonnaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enchatonnai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
enchatonnas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
enchatonna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
enchatonnâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
enchatonnâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
enchatonnèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
enchatonnerai (first-person future indicative singular)
enchatonneras (future indicative second-person singular)
enchatonnera (future indicative singular third-person)
enchatonnerons (first-person future indicative plural)
enchatonnerez (future indicative plural second-person)
enchatonneront (future indicative plural third-person)
enchatonnerais (conditional first-person singular)
enchatonnerais (conditional second-person singular)
enchatonnerait (conditional singular third-person)
enchatonnerions (conditional first-person plural)
enchatonneriez (conditional plural second-person)
enchatonneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
enchatonne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
enchatonnes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enchatonne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enchatonnions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enchatonniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enchatonnent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enchatonnasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enchatonnasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enchatonnât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enchatonnassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enchatonnassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enchatonnassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enchatonne (imperative second-person singular)
enchatonnons (first-person imperative plural)
enchatonnez (imperative plural second-person)

(jewelry) to attach a jewel on the collet of a ring