"diamant" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /dja.mɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-diamant.ogg Forms: diamants [plural]
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|diamant|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French diamant, {{inh+|fr|frm|diamant}} Inherited from Middle French diamant, {{inh|fr|fro|diamant}} Old French diamant, {{inh|fr|LL.|diamas}} Late Latin diamas, {{m|la|adimas}} adimas, {{m|fr|aimant}} aimant, {{der|fr|la|adamās}} Latin adamās, {{der|fr|grc|ἀδάμας}} Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} diamant m (plural diamants)
  1. diamond (gem) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Gems, Minerals
    Sense id: en-diamant-fr-noun-ZRPZo5VC Disambiguation of Gems: 61 10 17 11 Disambiguation of Minerals: 45 19 24 12
  2. diamond (shape) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Shapes
    Sense id: en-diamant-fr-noun-clx7VB6Y Disambiguation of Shapes: 16 55 22 7
  3. needle (of a record player) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-diamant-fr-noun-0cyAKx37 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 31 9 55 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: diamant mandarin, diamantaire, diamanter, diamantifère, diamantin
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /dja.mɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-diamant.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger perle. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|nl|diamant|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Dutch diamant, {{bor+|fr|nl|diamant}} Borrowed from Dutch diamant, {{m|nl|perle}} perle Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|-}} diamant m (uncountable)
  1. (uncountable, printing, dated) excelsior (a small size of type, standardized as 3 point) Tags: dated, masculine, uncountable Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-diamant-fr-noun-xrO16~KB Topics: media, printing, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for diamant meaning in French (5.6kB)

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