gem
Betekenis (English)
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- A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
- Any precious or highly valued thing or person.
- Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, such as a small picture, a verse of poetry, or an epigram.
- (obsolete) A gemma or leaf-bud.
- A geometrid moth of species Orthonama obstipata.
- A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
- (obsolete) A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot.
Concepten
Synonyms
semi-precious stone
article of rare beauty
stud with jewels
noble stone
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/d͡ʒɛm/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
Inherited from Middle English gemme, gimme, yimme, ȝimme, from Old English ġimm, from Proto-West Germanic *gimmu (“gem”) and Old French gemme (“gem”), both from Latin gemma (“a swelling bud; jewel, gem”). Doublet of gemma and Gemma.
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