Le joaillier taille l'émeraude en rectangle à pans coupés.
The jeweler cuts the emerald in an emerald cut.
Cette émeraude présente de fines inclusions naturelles.
This emerald has fine natural inclusions.
Le logo mêle un bleu nuit et un vert émeraude.
The logo blends midnight blue with emerald green.
Une lumière émeraude traversait les vitraux.
An emerald light passed through the stained glass.
Similar words
colibri
gemme verte
oiseau-mouche
smaragde
béryl vert
pierre précieuse
vert vif
vert intense
vert émeraude
vert brillant
Meanings
Green precious stone
noun
jewelry
neutral
A valuable green gemstone, the chromium or vanadium colored variety of beryl used in jewelry.
Examples
La bague sertie d'une émeraude attire tous les regards.
The ring set with an emerald catches every eye.
Le joaillier taille l'émeraude en rectangle à pans coupés.
The jeweler cuts the emerald in an emerald cut.
Les émeraudes colombiennes sont très recherchées.
Colombian emeralds are highly sought after.
Cette émeraude présente de fines inclusions naturelles.
This emerald has fine natural inclusions.
Elle a choisi un pendentif en or et émeraude.
She chose a gold and emerald pendant.
Le musée conserve une émeraude ancienne dans sa collection.
The museum keeps an ancient emerald in its collection.
Similar words
béryl vert
gemme verte
pierre précieuse
smaragde
Emerald green in color
adjective
color
neutral
Having a vivid green color associated with the gemstone, especially in clothing, art, design, and landscape description.
Examples
Elle portait une robe émeraude pour la cérémonie.
She wore an emerald dress for the ceremony.
Le peintre ajoute une touche émeraude au premier plan.
The painter adds an emerald touch to the foreground.
Les rideaux émeraude donnent de la profondeur au salon.
The emerald curtains give the living room depth.
Le logo mêle un bleu nuit et un vert émeraude.
The logo blends midnight blue with emerald green.
La mer prenait des reflets émeraude près des rochers.
The sea took on emerald reflections near the rocks.
Une lumière émeraude traversait les vitraux.
An emerald light passed through the stained glass.
Similar words
vert émeraude
vert vif
vert intense
vert brillant
smaragdin
Bright green hummingbird
noun
ornithology
technical
A rare ornithological name for small Neotropical hummingbirds with brilliant green, metallic plumage.
Examples
Des émeraudes visitent les fleurs au bord de la forêt.
Emeralds visit the flowers at the forest edge.
L'émeraude male montre une gorge vert métallique.
The male emerald shows a metallic green throat.
Les naturalistes distinguent plusieurs espèces d'émeraudes.
Naturalists distinguish several species of emeralds.
Une émeraude s'est posée près de la lisière.
An emerald settled near the forest edge.
Le guide a observé des émeraudes dans la várzea.
The guide observed emeralds in the várzea.
Cette planche ancienne décrit l'émeraude de Porto Rico.
This old plate describes the Puerto Rican emerald.
Similar words
colibri
oiseau-mouche
Etymology
From Old French esmeralde and esmeragde, borrowed from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek smaragdos.
FAQ
What does émeraude mean?
Émeraude most often means an emerald gemstone, and it also describes an emerald-green color.
Is émeraude masculine or feminine?
The gemstone noun is feminine: une émeraude and des émeraudes.
How is émeraude used as a color?
As a color adjective it usually follows the noun and stays invariable, as in des rideaux émeraude.
Can émeraude name a bird?
Yes. In ornithology, émeraude can name bright green hummingbirds, especially in species names.
Where does émeraude come from?
Émeraude comes through Old French from Latin smaragdus and Ancient Greek smaragdos.
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Free Bison
Aug 14
the birthstone meaning is everywhere in French jewellery blogs, pierre de mai and all that
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Perky Curlew
Aug 13
For a mineral ID, colour alone is really not enough. Green glass can look very convincing in photos
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Civil Bee
Aug 12
I like that French keeps the color word naked: des yeux émeraude, no s. ugly for exams though
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Wandering Oriole
Aug 11
la couleur me fait penser aux vieux rideaux de théâtre, not only jewelry
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Frosty Lark
Aug 7
dont clean these like diamonds, learnt that from a jeweller after asking why the care card was so bossy
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Smoky Swallow
Aug 5
For shop listings I see bague émeraude more than bague en émeraude, both make sense but the first is very catalogue-y
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Lively Hare
Aug 3
smaragde is the fun cousin here, looks medieval as hell
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Winter Caribou
Jul 31
En español es esmeralda, casi igual. Por eso esta palabra se adivina fácil
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Brave Bee
Jul 26
vert émeraude is such a nail polish color name lol
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Windy Newt
Jul 23
i always forget this is feminine. une émeraude sounds wrong in my head because emerald is just a thing in English
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Neat Yak
Jul 22
Pronunciation trap for learners: the middle e basically disappears. I hear émraude / emrod, not four clean syllables é-me-rau-de.
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Kind Cheetah
Jul 21
The bird sense is really dictionary/natural history territory. Alone, une émeraude makes me think gemstone first. In a bird book I would expect the full name, like émeraude de Porto Rico, or at least a colibri context.
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Golden Marten
Jul 18
Gem people use jardin for the inclusions and tiny fissures inside an emerald. So if a ring is advertised as émeraude huilée, that is not automatically fake, but it does mean no ultrasonic cleaner and no steam bath.
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Emerald Meerkat
Jul 21
yes, my mom ruined one stone with the ultrasonic thing. jeweller was not shocked at all