opaal

Meaning

opal (a mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity)

Concepts

Translations

opal

οπάλι

أوبال

οπάλιο

οπάλιος

paederos

ópalo

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɔˈpaːl/
Etymology

In summary

Probably borrowed from French opale, from Latin opalus, from Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος (opállios), from Sanskrit उपल (upala).

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