nephrite

See also: néphrite

English

Nephrite

Etymology

From Latin lapis nephriticus, via Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos) νεφριτικός (nephritikós), meaning kidney stone, because jade was believed to have cured kidney stones.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɛfˌɹaɪt/

Noun

nephrite (countable and uncountable, plural nephrites)

(mineralogy) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).

Translations

semi-precious stone

Bulgarian: нефрит (bg) m (nefrit)
Catalan: nefrita f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 軟玉／软玉 (zh) (ruǎnyù), (formerly) 玉 (zh) (yù)
Czech: nefrit (cs) m
Finnish: nefriitti (fi)
French: néphrite (fr) f
German: Nephrit (de) m
Greek: νεφρίτης (el) (nefrítis)
Italian: nefrite (it) f
Kazakh: нефрит (nefrit)
Latin: lapis nephrīticus m, nephrītēs
Latvian: nefrīts m
Macedonian: не́фрит m (néfrit)
Maori: pounamu (mi)
Polish: nefryt (pl) m
Spanish: nefrita f

Anagrams

prehnite, repineth, ripeneth, trephine

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