Turquoise - Wiktionary

See also: Turquoise

English

[edit] WOTD – 5 September 2007

Alternative forms

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• Turkies (archaic)

Etymology

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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

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• (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪz/, /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪs/, (dated) /ˈtɜː(ɹ).kwɑːz/[1]
• (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪz/, /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪs/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

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turquoise (countable and uncountable, plural turquoises)

1. (countable) A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
   • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎[2], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, page 128:Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
2. (countable and uncountable) A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
   turquoise:  

Synonyms

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• (colour): blue-green, green-blue, greenish blue, turquoise blue

Derived terms

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• bone turquoise
• Bisbee turquoise
• turquoise-browed motmot
• turquoise parrot
• Turquoise Lake

Related terms

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• turquoisish
• turquoisey/turquoisy
• turquoiselike
• turquoised

Translations

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Arabic: فَيْرُوز (fayrūz) Egyptian Arabic: فيروز m (fayrūz), تركواز m (terkwæːr) Armenian: փիրուզ (hy) (pʻiruz) Avar: пируза (piruza) Azerbaijani: firuzə (az) Bashkir: фирүзә (firüzə) Belarusian: біруза́ f (biruzá) Bengali: ফিরোজা (bn) (phirōja) Bulgarian: тюркоа́з m (tjurkoáz) Buryat: оюу (ojuu) Catalan: turquesa (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 綠松石 / 绿松石 (luk6 cung4 sek6) Mandarin: 綠松石 / 绿松石 (zh) (lǜsōngshí) Coptic: ⲟⲭⲓⲱⲛ (okhiōn), ⲁⲃⲉⲣⲏϫ m (aberēč) (Sahidic) Crimean Tatar: feruze Czech: tyrkys (cs) m Danish: turkis c Dutch: turkoois (nl) m or n Dzongkha: གཡུ (g.yu) Egyptian: (mfkꜣt) Esperanto: turkiso Estonian: türkiis Finnish: turkoosi (fi) French: turquoise (fr) f Galician: turquesa (gl) f Georgian: ფირუზი (ka) (piruzi) German: Türkis (de) m Greek: τυρκουάζ n (tyrkouáz), περουζές (el) m (perouzés) (obsolete) Ancient Greek: κάλαϊς m (kálaïs) Gujarati: પીરોજ (pīroj) Hebrew: טוּרְקִיז (he) m (turkíz) Hindi: फ़ीरोज़ा m (fīrozā),पीरोज़ा m (pīrozā), पेरोज (hi) (peroj), पेरज (hi) (peraj) Hungarian: türkiz (hu) Indonesian: pirus (id) Italian: turchese (it) m Japanese: トルコ石 (ja) (トルコいし, toruko ishi), ターコイズ (ja) (tākoizu) Kalmyk: ойюн (oyyun) Karachay-Balkar: файруз (fayruz) Karakalpak: piruza Kazakh: көктас (köktas), бирюза (birüza) Korean: 터키옥 (teokiok), 터키석 (ko) (teokiseok) Kumyk: перезе (pereze) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: feyroz (ku) Kyrgyz: бирюза (biryuza) Lak: пирузи (piruzi) Latin: callais f Latvian: tirkīzs m Lezgi: фируз (firuz) Lithuanian: turkis Macedonian: тиркиз m (tirkiz) Malay: firus (ms) Mongolian: Cyrillic: оюу (mn) (ojuu) Nahuatl: xihuitl (nah) Navajo: dootłʼizhii Norwegian: Bokmål: turkis (no) m Nynorsk: turkis m Old Uyghur: 𐽽𐽰𐽽 (čač) Persian: فیروزه (fa) (firuze), پیروزه (fa) (piruze) Polish: turkus (pl) m Portuguese: turquesa (pt) f Punjabi: فِیروزَہ m (fīrozah) Romanian: turcoază (ro) f, peruzea (ro) f Russian: бирюза́ (ru) f (birjuzá) Sanskrit: पेरोज (sa) m (peroja) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тѝркӣз m, мо̀дрӯљ m Roman: tìrkīz (sh) m, mòdrūlj (sh) m Slovak: tyrkys (sk) m Slovene: turkiz (sl) m Spanish: turquesa (es) f Swahili: feruzi Swedish: turkos (sv) c Tagalog: turkesa Tajik: фирӯза (firüza) Tatar: фирәзә (tt) (firäzä) Tibetan: གཡུ (g.yu) Turkish: turkuaz (tr), firuze (tr) Turkmen: firuza Udi: пуьруьз (pürüz) Ukrainian: ту́ркус m (túrkus), бірюза́ (uk) f (birjuzá), піруза f (piruza), фіруза f (firuza) Unami: aonahsën Urdu: فِیروزَہ m (fīrozā) Uyghur: بىريۇزا (biryuza) Cyrillic: бирйуза (biryuza) Uzbek: feruza (uz) Vietnamese: ngọc lam (vi)

colour

Arabic: فَيْرُوزِيّ m (fayrūziyy) Egyptian Arabic: تركواز m (terkwāz) Armenian: փիրուզագույն (hy) (pʻiruzaguyn) Azerbaijani: firuzəyi (az) Bengali: ফিরোজা (bn) (phirōja) Bulgarian: тюркоа́з m (tjurkoáz) Catalan: turquesa (ca) f Czech: tyrkysový (cs) m, tyrkysová (cs) f Dutch: turkoois (nl), turkooise Dzongkha: གཡུ་མདོག (g.yu mdog) Esperanto: turkisa Finnish: turkoosi (fi) French: turquoise (fr) f Galician: turquesa (gl) m Georgian: ფირუზი (ka) (piruzi) German: türkis (de) Greek: τυρκουάζ n (tyrkouáz) Hindi: फ़िरोज़ी (firozī) Hungarian: türkiz (hu), türkizkék (hu) Icelandic: grænblár (is) m Indonesian: toska, pirus (id), biru pirus Italian: turchese (it) m Japanese: ターコイズブルー (ja) (tākoizu burū) Kaitag: женгер (ženger) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: feyrozî Latin: callainus m Lithuanian: turkio spalva f Malay: firus (ms), terusi Maori: kārikiōrangi Mongolian: Cyrillic: оюу ногоон өнгө (ojuu nogoon öngö) Nahuatl: xihuitl (nah), xippālli Navajo: dootłʼizhii, dootłʼizh Nepali: फेरीज (pherīj) Persian: فیروزه‌ای (fa) (firuze-i) Polish: turkusowy (pl) Portuguese: turquesa (pt) m Quechua: anqas umiña Romanian: turcoaz (ro), turchez Russian: бирюзо́вый (ru) m (birjuzóvyj) Sanskrit: पेरोज (sa) m (peroja) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тиркизна f, модруљаста m Roman: tirkizna f, modruljasta m Spanish: turquesa (es) m Swahili: rangi ya feruzi Swedish: turkos (sv) c, turkosfärg c Tajik: фирӯза (firüza) Turkish: turkuaz (tr), türkuvaz Ukrainian: ту́ркусовий m (túrkusovyj), пірузо́вий m (piruzóvyj), бірюзо́вий (uk) m (birjuzóvyj) Vietnamese: xanh thổ, xanh ngọc, màu ngọc lam, màu lam ngọc

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Interlingua: (1, 2) (please verify) turchese

Further reading

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• turquoise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

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turquoise (comparative more turquoise, superlative most turquoise)

1. Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
2. Having a pale greenish-blue colour.

Translations

[edit] made of turquoise

Armenian: փիրուզե (hy) (pʻiruze) Bulgarian: тюркоа́зен (tjurkoázen) Georgian: ფირუზი (ka) (piruzi) German: aus Türkis Hungarian: türkiz (hu) Italian: di turchese m or f Japanese: トルコ石の (toruko ishi no) Latin: callainus Polish: turkusowy (pl) Romanian: de turcoază, de peruzea Russian: бирюзо́вый (ru) (birjuzóvyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тиркизан Roman: tirkizan

having a pale greenish-blue colour

Armenian: փիրուզագույն (hy) (pʻiruzaguyn) Belarusian: бірузо́вы (biruzóvy) Bulgarian: тюркоа́зен (tjurkoázen) Catalan: turquesa (ca) Czech: tyrkysový (cs) m Danish: turkis Dutch: turkoois (nl) n Esperanto: turkisa Finnish: turkoosi (fi), turkoosinvärinen French: turquoise (fr) Galician: turquesa (gl) Georgian: ფირუზისფერი (piruzisperi) German: türkis (de) Greek: Ancient Greek: καλάϊνος (kaláïnos) Hindi: फ़िरोज़ा (firozā) Hungarian: türkiz (hu), türkizkék (hu) Interlingua: turchese Italian: turchese (it) Japanese: ターコイズブルーの (tākoizu burū no) Latin: callainus Norwegian: Bokmål: turkis (no), turkisblå Nynorsk: turkis, turkisblå Persian: فیروزه‌ای (fa) (firuze-i) Polish: turkusowy (pl) Portuguese: turquesa (pt), turquesino, turquesado Romanian: turcoaz (ro) Russian: бирюзо́вый (ru) (birjuzóvyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тиркизан Roman: tirkizan Spanish: turquesa (es) Swedish: turkos (sv), turkosfärgad Ukrainian: бірюзо́вий (uk) (birjuzóvyj)

See also

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• Alice blue
• aqua
• aquamarine
• azure
• baby blue
• beryl
• bice
• bice blue
• blueberry
• blue green
• blue violet
• cadet blue
• Cambridge blue
• cerulean
• cobalt blue
• Copenhagen blue
• cornflower
• cornflower blue
• cyan
• dark blue
• Dodger blue
• duck-egg blue
• eggshell blue
• electric blue
• gentian blue
• ice blue
• lapis lazuli
• light blue
• lovat
• mazarine
• midnight blue
• navy
• Nile blue
• Oxford blue
• peacock blue
• petrol blue
• powder blue
• Prussian blue
• robin's-egg blue
• royal blue
• sapphire
• saxe blue
• sky blue
• slate blue
• teal
• turquoise
• ultramarine
• Wedgwood blue
• zaffre

• augite

References

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1. ^ Ross, Alan S. C. (1970), “turquoise”, in How to pronounce it‎[1], London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 169.

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French turquois, from turc +‎ -ois.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /tyʁ.kwaz/

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Noun

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turquoise f (plural turquoises)

1. turquoise (gemstone)

Descendants

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• Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)
• Turkish: turkuaz
• Romanian: turcoază (stone)

Noun

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turquoise m (plural turquoises)

1. turquoise (colour)

Adjective

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turquoise (invariable)

1. turquoise-colored

Descendants

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• Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)
• Turkish: turkuaz
• Romanian: turcoază (colour)

Further reading

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• “turquoise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French turquoise, from Old French turquois, turc +‎ -ois.

Noun

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turquoise

1. turquoise (a sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone)
2. turquoise (a pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone) turquoise:  

Further reading

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• “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

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Etymology

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From French turquoise.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈtyrˌkvaːs/, [ˈtyχˌkwaːs]

Adjective

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turquoise (masculine turquoisen, neuter turquoiset, comparative méi turquoise, superlative am turquoisesten)

1. turquoise, cyan, teal (of a greenish blue, often light, colour)

See also

[edit] Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen(layout · text)

wäiss	gro	schwaarz
rout	orange; brong	giel
	gréng
turquoise	blo (hellblo, himmelblo)	blo (donkelblo)
violett; indigo	magenta; mof	rosa; pink

Middle French

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Alternative forms

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• turcquoise

Etymology

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Inherited from Old French turquois.

Noun

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turquoise f (plural turquoises)

1. turquoise (precious stone)

Descendants

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• French: turquoise (“gemstone”)
  • Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)
  • Turkish: turkuaz
  • Romanian: turcoază (stone)
  • French: turquoise (“colour”)
    • Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)
    • Turkish: turkuaz
    • Romanian: turcoază (colour)
• → English: turquoise
• → Luxembourgish: turquoise