Masculin

jade

(Anglais)

jade

Fréquence

C2
Coupé comme
ja‧de
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈxade/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

Borrowed from French jade, back formation from le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (literally “flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (jade was thought to cure pains in the side).

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