stone
Signification (Anglais)
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- A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
- A small piece of stone, a pebble.
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
- A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
- The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
- A hard, stone-like deposit.
- A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
- A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
- A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
- (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
- (obsolete) A testicle.
- A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.
Concepts
st
grosse pierre
pierre blanche
en pierre
stones
petit caillou
pierre à moudre
pierre de curling
nucleus
plâtre dur
py~er
rocheuxse
piedra
de en pierre
petite pierre
de pierre
faire la guerre
Gemme
Synonymes
throw stones at
pelt with stones
small stone
white rock
stone block
light gray
memorial tablet
wage war
a stone
bit of gravel
large stone
stone slab
throw stones
type of
calculus I
round stone
large rock
coarse sand
printer’s table
iron, etc. used in weighing
cold-eyed
building stone
conglomerate rock
lump of rock
sharpen a knife
slip stone
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/stəʊn/
Étymologie (Anglais)
In summary
From Middle English ston, stone, stan, from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”). See also Dutch steen, German Stein, Danish and Swedish sten, Norwegian stein; also Russian стена́ (stená, “wall”), Ancient Greek στία (stía, “pebble”), στέαρ (stéar, “tallow”), Albanian shtëng (“hardened or pressed matter”), Sanskrit स्त्यायते (styāyate, “it hardens”)). Doublet of stein.
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