onyx

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Noun

1. A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
2. A jet-black color, named after the gemstone.
3. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Horaga.

Adj

jet-black

Từ đồng nghĩa

coal-black

nail

ungula

black onyx

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ˈɒnɪks/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

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.