onyx

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

onice

caliginoso

fuligginoso

pecioso

sinonimi

coal-black

nail

ungula

black onyx

Traduzioni

onyx

ónix

onyx

Onyx

ónix

onyx

ônix

όνυξ

ònix

ónice

όνυχας

جزع

balgam taşı

oniks

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɒnɪks/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: 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.