Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jade

/d͡ʒeɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables
jade
IPA
/d͡ʒeɪd/
12
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.

Uncountable

noun

A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.

Uncountable

adj

Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.

noun

A horse too old to be put to work.

noun

A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.

Derogatory

verb

To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).

Transitive verb

verb

To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

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Etymology

Borrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”). (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side.)

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How do you pronounce jade?
The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒeɪd/.
What does jade mean?
A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
Where does jade come from?
It is traced to French.

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