adamant

== English == === Alternative forms === adamaunt (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English adamant, adamaunt, from Latin adamantem, accusative singular form of adamās (“hard as steel”), from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δαμάζω (damázō, “to tame”) or of Semitic origin. Doublet of diamond. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæd.ə.mənt/, /ˈæd.ə.mænt/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈæ.ɖə.mᵻnʈ/, (spelling pronunciation) /ˈə.ɖə.mᵻnʈ/ === Adjective === adamant (comparative more adamant, superlative most adamant) (said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined. (of an object) Very difficult to break, pierce, or cut. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:obstinate ==== Translations ==== === Noun === adamant (plural adamants) An unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness. (historical or poetic) In later use: diamond. (poetic, archaic) In later use: a lodestone. (obsolete except historical) A substance that neutralizes lodestones. (figurative) Chiefly in of adamant: an embodiment of impenetrable hardness; the quality of not being easily destroyed or overcome; impenetrableness, imperviousness, impregnableness; also, of a person: the quality of not being easily affected emotionally; impassiveness, unmovableness. Synonyms: impassivity, impenetrability, impregnability, unmovability (obsolete) A person or thing having the quality of attracting or drawing; a lodestone, a magnet. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (imaginary desirably hard material): unobtainium === Derived terms === === Further reading === “adamant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “adamant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Cornish == === Etymology === From Middle English adamant, from Latin adamantem, from adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈadamant/ === Noun === adamant m (plural adamantow or adamantys) (gemstone, geometry) diamond ==== Derived terms ==== == Irish == === Noun === adamant f (genitive singular adamainte, nominative plural adamaintí) alternative form of adhmaint (“adamant, lodestone; magnet”) ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “adamant”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Latin == === Verb === adamant third-person plural present active indicative of adamō == Middle English == === Alternative forms === adamaunde, adamaunt, adamawnte, ademand, athamaunt === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin adamantem, accusative of adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). Doublet of dyamaunt and adamas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /adəˈmant/, /adəˈmau̯nt/, /ˈadəmant/, /ˈadəmau̯nt/ === Noun === adamant (plural adamants) adamant, adamantine (valuable gemstone) An invulnerable or indomitable object A natural magnet; magnetite. ==== Related terms ==== adamantine ==== Descendants ==== English: adamant Scots: adamant (obsolete) ==== Further reading ==== “adama(u)nt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018. == Old French == === Alternative forms === adamante, adamaunt, aimand, aimande, aimant, äimant, aimante, aymant, aimaunt, aimont, aamant, amant, amand, aimas === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === adamant oblique singular, ? (oblique plural adamanz or adamantz, nominative singular adamant, nominative plural adamanz or adamantz) adamant; diamond lodestone; magnet === Further reading === “adamant”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022–2026 == Polish == === Alternative forms === adamas, adament (Middle Polish) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”). First attested in 1525. Doublet of diament. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -amant Syllabification: a‧da‧mant === Noun === adamant m inan adamant (an unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness) ==== Declension ==== === Noun === adamant m inan (Middle Polish, mineralogy) diamond Synonym: diament ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === Krystyna Siekierska (08.03.2012), “ADAMAS”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century] J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “adamant”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 7 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic адамантъ (adamantŭ). === Noun === adamant n (plural adamante) (dated) diamond Synonym: diamant ==== Declension ====