onyx

Significado (Inglés)

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

Sinónimos

coal-black

nail

ungula

black onyx

Traducións

onyx

onyx

ónix

onice

Onyx

onyx

ónix

ônix

όνυξ

ónice

όνυχας

جزع

ònix

fuligginoso

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈɒnɪks/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: 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.