Noun: esmeralda
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | esmeralda |
| Plural f | esmeraldas |
Sample Sentences
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Et os nomes delas son estes: carbũcolo, sardis, cafil, amatista, berilo, topás, grisólitos, esmeralda, brasmo, rrobj, calçedonja, cristal [1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 436:]
Nouns inflected like esmeralda
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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. See: French Nouns '
émeraude', Latin Nouns '
smaragdus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
σμάραγδος'.
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