sapphire

noun · adjectiveB1

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noun

Plural noun:

sapphires

1.
(countable)A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
2.
(countable, uncountable)(countable and uncountable) A white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.
3.
(countable, uncountable)(countable and uncountable) A deep blue colour.
4.
(countable, uncountable)(heraldry) Azure, when blazoning by precious stones.
5.
(countable)Any hummingbird in the genera Hylocharis and Chlorestes, as well as the rufous-throated sapphire, which is now in the genus Amazilia.
6.
(countable, uncountable)Any of the butterflies in the southern Asian lycaenid genus Heliophorus or the African lycaenid genus Iolaus.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more sapphire

Superlative

most sapphire

1.
of a deep blue colour.
2.
pertaining to a 45th year

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English saphir, from Old French saphir, from Latin sapphir, sappir, sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (precious stone, gem), from a Semitic language such as, originally from Assyrian šipirtu.