esmeralda

From Spanish esmeralda, from Old Spanish esmeralda, possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde, from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

• Hyphenation: es‧me‧ral‧da

esmeralda

1. an emerald

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esmeralda.

Attested since circa 1300. Possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

• IPA^(key): [esmeˈɾaldɐ]

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)

1. emerald
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 436:

     Et os nomes delas son estes: carbũcolo, sardis, cafil, amatista, berilo, topás, grisólitos, esmeralda, brasmo, rrobj, calçedonja, cristal

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “esmeralda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “merald” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “esmeralda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “esmeralda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

From Old French esmeralde, ultimately from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos).

• IPA^(key): /ezmeˈɾalda/

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)

1. emerald
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 16r:

     Et la ſu uerdura ⁊ la ſu reſplandor es muy meior que dela otra eſmeralda.

     And its greenness and gleam are much better than those of the other emerald.

   • Idem, f. 54r.

     Et eſtas ſon falladas en las mineras del oro o fallan las bonas eſmeraldas.

     And these are found in the goldmines where they find the best emeralds.

• Spanish: esmeralda

Possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -aldɐ, (Brazil) -awdɐ
• Homophone: Esmeralda
• Hyphenation: es‧me‧ral‧da

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)

1. emerald

From Old Spanish esmeralda, possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin. Cf. also the Old Spanish form esmaragde.

• IPA^(key): /esmeˈɾalda/ [ez.meˈɾal̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -alda
• Syllabification: es‧me‧ral‧da

esmeralda f (plural esmeraldas)

1. emerald

• → Tagalog: esmeralda

esmeralda (invariable)

1. emerald

• “esmeralda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Spanish esmeralda, from Old Spanish esmeralda, possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔesmeˈɾalda/ [ʔɛs.mɛˈɾal.dɐ]
• Rhymes: -alda
• Syllabification: es‧me‧ral‧da

esmeralda (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜎ᜔ᜇ)

1. emerald (gemstone)
2. emerald (color)

   esmeralda:  

• berdesmeralda

• “esmeralda”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018