turquoise

== English == === Alternative forms === Turkies (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle French turquoise, from Old French (pierre) turquoise (“Turkish (stone)”), from turc +‎ -ois. The stone, mined near Nishapur in the Khorasan region of Persia, was originally brought to Europe through Turkey. Doublet of Turkish. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪz/, /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪs/, (dated) /ˈtɜː(ɹ).kwɑːz/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪz/, /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪs/ === Noun === turquoise (countable and uncountable, plural turquoises) (countable) A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone. (countable and uncountable) A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone. ==== Synonyms ==== (colour): blue-green, green-blue, greenish blue, turquoise blue ==== Derived terms ==== bone turquoise Bisbee turquoise turquoise-browed motmot turquoise parrot Turquoise Lake ==== Related terms ==== turquoisish turquoisey/turquoisy turquoiselike turquoised ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== turquoise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Adjective === turquoise (comparative more turquoise, superlative most turquoise) Made of turquoise (the gemstone). Having a pale greenish-blue colour. ==== Translations ==== === See also === augite === References === == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French turquois, from turc +‎ -ois. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tyʁ.kwaz/ === Noun === turquoise f (plural turquoises) turquoise (gemstone) ==== Descendants ==== Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz) Turkish: turkuaz Romanian: turcoază (stone) === Noun === turquoise m (plural turquoises) turquoise (colour) === Adjective === turquoise (invariable) turquoise-colored ==== Descendants ==== Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz) Turkish: turkuaz Romanian: turcoază (colour) === Further reading === “turquoise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French turquoise, from Old French turquois, turc +‎ -ois. === Noun === turquoise turquoise (a sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone) turquoise (a pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone) === Further reading === “turquoise”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From French turquoise. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtyrˌkvaːs/, [ˈtyχˌkwaːs] === Adjective === turquoise (masculine turquoisen, neuter turquoiset, comparative méi turquoise, superlative am turquoisesten) turquoise, cyan, teal (of a greenish blue, often light, colour) === See also === == Middle French == === Alternative forms === turcquoise === Etymology === Inherited from Old French turquois. === Noun === turquoise f (plural turquoises) turquoise (precious stone) ==== Descendants ==== French: turquoise (“gemstone”)Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)Turkish: turkuazRomanian: turcoază (stone) French: turquoise (“colour”)Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)Turkish: turkuazRomanian: turcoază (colour) → English: turquoise → Luxembourgish: turquoise