diamond
/ˈdaɪ.ə.mənd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.42 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
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6
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Meaning
noun
A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
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Example Sentences
- "The saw is coated with diamond."
- "synthetic diamond"
- "The dozen loose diamonds sparkled in the light."
- "Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade."
- "she is wearing small diamond studs in her earlobes. the kind u wear if u’re a modest person & u don’t want to wear anything that could catch on stuff, or be a health risk in a hospital – but u’re still someone who cares."
- "What a beautiful engagement diamond."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)? Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-der. Ancient Greek δαμνάω (damnáō)? Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas)der. Latin adamāsder. Late Latin diamās Old French diamantbor. Middle English dyamaunt English diamond From Middle English dyamaunt, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamās, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “diamond”). Doublet of adamant. The printing sense is a calque of Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700; compare pearl, ruby (“size of type between pearl and nonpareil”).
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Wiktionary places this term in Sports.