ametista
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin amethystus.
Pronunciation
Further reading
- “ametista” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ametista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “ametista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ametista” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ameˈtista]
- Rhymes: -ista
- Hyphenation: a‧me‧tis‧ta
Adjective
ametista (accusative singular ametistan, plural ametistaj, accusative plural ametistajn)
- amethyst (containing or made of the gemstone; of a similar purple colour)
- Jean Ribillard, “Preĝo de M’saud” in Nica literatura revuo, 1/6,
- Post beata ripozo ni ekreiris al Beni-Abbès ĉe karbunkola krepusko, kiu gradete nin sorbadis en sian ametistan apoteozon.
- After a blessed repose, we set back out for Beni-Abbès in a carbuncle twilight, which gradually drew us into its amethyst apotheosis.
- Post beata ripozo ni ekreiris al Beni-Abbès ĉe karbunkola krepusko, kiu gradete nin sorbadis en sian ametistan apoteozon.
- Jean Ribillard, “Preĝo de M’saud” in Nica literatura revuo, 1/6,
Galician
Etymology
From Latin amethystus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ameˈtista/ [a.meˈt̪is̺.t̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ista
- Hyphenation: a‧me‧tis‧ta
Further reading
- “ametista”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Italian
Etymology
From Latin amethystus, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, “remedy against inebriation”), from ἀ- (a-) (privative prefix) + μεθύειν (methúein, “to become inebriated”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.meˈti.sta/
- Rhymes: -ista
- Hyphenation: a‧me‧tì‧sta
Related terms
Anagrams
Latvian
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin amethystus f, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, “not drunk”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μεθύω (methúō, “to be drunk”), from μέθυ (méthu, “wine”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.meˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.meˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.meˈt͡ʃis.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.mɨˈtiʃ.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: a‧me‧tis‧ta
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