diamant
French
noun
Definitions
- diamond gem
- diamond (shape)
- needle (of a record player)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French diamant inherited from Latin diamas, adamās (adamant, hard iron, diamond, very hard steel) derived from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (invincible, diamond, unconquerable, hard substance, untamed).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἀδάμας
Gloss
invincible, diamond, unconquerable, hard substance, untamed
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adamantoid English
- diamond English
- *adimas Latin
- adamantem Latin
- adamas Latin
- adamās Latin
- adimas Latin
- diamas Latin
- diamās Latin
- Diamant German
- Diamantbergbau German
- Diamantgitter German
- Diamantring German
- Diamantstempelzelle German
- diamantartig German
- diamanten German
- diamantenhaltig German
- diamanthart German
- gyémánt Hungarian
- aimant French
- diamant mandarin French
- diamanter French
- diamantifère French
- mandarin French
- nanodiamant French
- ἀδάμας Ancient Greek
- ἀδάμᾱς Ancient Greek
- diamant Norwegian Bokmål
- diamant Norwegian Nynorsk
- adamas Middle English
- dyamaunt Middle English
- diamant Irish
- diamant Old French
- dijamant Serbo-Croatian
- diamant Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- الماس Persian
- αδάμας Greek (modern)
- diamant Middle Dutch
- диамант Bulgarian
- dīamant Middle High German
- dīemant Middle High German
- Diamant Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- aymante Old Spanish
- diamondra Malagasy
- giamanto Istriot