Noun: jade
Gender: m
Hyphenation: ja‧de
| Singular m | jade |
| Plural m | jades |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like jade
whopper,
egocentrismo,
cervantismo,
nipofilo,
botellazo,
radionúclido,
palenque,
esferoide,
hierodiácono,
miligramo,
entrenamiento,
saxófono,
oligopéptido,
espongocele,
contratiempo,
entrechocamiento,
decímetro,
carrotanque,
mililitro,
mesangio, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from French jade, back formation from le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (literally “flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (jade was thought to cure pains in the side). See: French Nouns '
jade', Spanish Nouns '
piedra de ijada', Latin Nouns '
ilia'.
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