emeraude

See also: émeraude

English

Noun

emeraude (plural emeraudes)

Obsolete form of emerald.

Middle English

Alternative forms

emeraud, emrod, esmeraude, emerawnte, emerallde, emerant, emerade, amyraude, emeraunde, emeroude, emeroyde

Etymology

From Old French esmeraude, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛmərau̯d(ə)/, /ˈɛmərau̯nt/, /ˈɛmərant/

Noun

emeraude (plural emeraudes)

emerald

Descendants

English: emerald

References

“emeraude, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2020-01-12.

Old French

Noun

emeraude oblique singular, f (oblique plural emeraudes, nominative singular emeraude, nominative plural emeraudes)

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of esmeraude

References

esmeraude in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022

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