onyx

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
2. (countable, uncountable) A jet-black color, named after the gemstone.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Horaga.

Adj

jet-black

Conceptes

ònix

Sinònims

coal-black

nail

ungula

black onyx

Traduccions

onyx

onice

onyx

ónix

Onyx

onyx

ónix

ônix

όνυξ

ónice

όνυχας

جزع

fuligginoso

rußend

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɒnɪks/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: onix

In summary

From Middle English onix (c. 1300), earlier oniche (c. 1250), from Old French oniche or onix, from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”). Doublet of unguis.