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diamant

See also: diamànt, diamânt, and Diamant
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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch diamant, from Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas. Doublet of daaiman. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Noun

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diamant (plural diamante, diminutive diamantjie)

  1. diamond

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Albanian

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Noun

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diamant

  1. diamond

Further reading

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  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “diamant”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Aragonese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French and Old French diamant

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diamant

  1. diamond

Breton

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

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Noun

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diamant ? (plural diamantoù)

  1. diamond (gemstone)

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French and Old French diamant.

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Noun

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diamant m (plural diamants)

  1. diamond (gem)
  2. Any of various species of estrildid finches in the obsolete subfamily Poephilinae.

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Suits in Catalan · colls (layout · text)
       
cors diamants piques trèvols

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French and Old French diamant.

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Noun

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diamant m inan

  1. diamond

Declension

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Declension of diamant (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative diamant diamanty
genitive diamantu diamantů
dative diamantu diamantům
accusative diamant diamanty
vocative diamante diamanty
locative diamantu diamantech
instrumental diamantem diamanty

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin diamans, probably from metathesis of Late Latin adimas, from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

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Noun

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diamant c (singular definite diamanten, plural indefinite diamanter)

  1. diamond (mineral)

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Declension of diamant
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative diamant diamanten diamanter diamanterne
genitive diamants diamantens diamanters diamanternes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Medieval Latin and Late Latin diamas, variant of Latin adamas.

The typographic use derives from Dirck Voskens, who first cut it around 1700 and presumably named it by analogy with the larger parel.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌdi.aːˈmɑnt/
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  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧mant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

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diamant n (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. (mineralogy) diamond (substance)

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diamant m (plural diamanten, diminutive diamantje n)

  1. a diamond
  2. (uncountable, printing, dated) the size of type between kwart cicero (excelsior) and parel, equivalent to English brilliant and standardized as 4 point

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French

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Etymology 1

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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).

Noun

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diamant m (plural diamants)

  1. diamond (gem)
  2. diamond (shape)
  3. needle (of a record player)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger perle.

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diamant m (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable, printing, dated) excelsior (a small size of type, standardized as 3 point)

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Friulian

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Noun

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diamant m (plural diamants)

  1. diamond

Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲiˑəmˠən̪ˠt̪ˠ/

Noun

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diamant m (genitive singular diamaint, nominative plural diamaint)

  1. diamond (mineral)

Declension

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Declension of diamant (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative diamant diamaint
vocative a dhiamaint a dhiamanta
genitive diamaint diamant
dative diamant diamaint
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an diamant na diamaint
genitive an diamaint na ndiamant
dative leis an diamant
don diamant 		leis na diamaint

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of diamant
radical lenition eclipsis
diamant dhiamant ndiamant

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old French diamant.

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diamant m

  1. diamond

Inflection

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Strong masculine noun
singular plural
nominative diamant diamante
accusative diamant diamante
genitive diamants diamante
dative diamante diamanten

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Middle English

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Noun

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diamant

  1. alternative form of dyamaunt

Middle French

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Etymology

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

Noun

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diamant m (plural diamans)

  1. diamond

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References

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  • diamant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

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diamant

Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

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diamant m (definite singular diamanten, indefinite plural diamanter, definite plural diamantene)

  1. diamond (uncountable: mineral)
    Kongen bar en krone av gull, besatt med diamanter.
    The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.
    Sagen er belagt med diamant.
    The saw is coated with diamond.
  2. the smallest typeface in letterpress printing

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

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diamant m (definite singular diamanten, indefinite plural diamantar, definite plural diamantane)

  1. diamond (uncountable: mineral)
    Kongen bar ei krone av gull, innsett med diamantar.
    The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.
    Saga er innsett med diamant.
    The saw is coated with diamond.
  2. the smallest typeface in letterpress printing

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Old French

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)?
Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-der.
Ancient Greek δαμνάω (damnáō)?
Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas)der.
Latin adamāsder.
Late Latin diamās
Old French diamant

    From Late Latin diamas, probably from metathesis of adimas (whence aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

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    diamant oblique singular, m (oblique plural diamanz or diamantz, nominative singular diamanz or diamantz, nominative plural diamant)

    1. diamond

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    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French diamant.

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    diamant n (plural diamante)

    1. diamond
      Synonym: adamant

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    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative diamant diamantul diamante diamantele
    genitive-dative diamant diamantului diamante diamantelor
    vocative diamantule diamantelor

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    See diamànt

    Noun

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    diamant m (plural diamants)

    1. (mineralogy, gemstone, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) diamond

    Slovak

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /diamant/, [ˈdiamant]
    • Rhymes: -amant
    • Hyphenation: di‧a‧mant

    Noun

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    diamant m inan (relational adjective diamantový)

    1. diamond

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    Declension of diamant
    (pattern dub)
    singularplural
    nominativediamantdiamanty
    genitivediamantudiamantov
    dativediamantudiamantom
    accusativediamantdiamanty
    locativediamantediamantoch
    instrumentaldiamantomdiamantmi

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    • “diamant”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

    Slovene

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    Etymology

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    From French and Old French diamant.

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    • IPA(key): /dijamàːnt/, /dijamáːnt/

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    dijamānt m inan

    1. diamond

    Declension

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    		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Masculine inan., hard o-stem
    nom. sing. diamánt
    gen. sing. diamánta
    singular dual plural
    nominative
    (imenovȃlnik)     		diamánt diamánta diamánti
    genitive
    (rodȋlnik)     		diamánta diamántov diamántov
    dative
    (dajȃlnik)     		diamántu diamántoma diamántom
    accusative
    (tožȋlnik)     		diamánt diamánta diamánte
    locative
    (mẹ̑stnik)     		diamántu diamántih diamántih
    instrumental
    (orọ̑dnik)     		diamántom diamántoma diamánti

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    • “diamant”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

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    en diamant

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    diamant c

    1. diamond (mineral)
    2. a diamond (gemstone)
      en slipad diamant
      a cut diamond
      diamantring
      diamond ring

    Declension

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    Declension of diamant
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite diamant diamants
    definite diamanten diamantens
    plural indefinite diamanter diamanters
    definite diamanterna diamanternas

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