διαμάντι — meaning in English

English meaning

• diamond noun An extremely hard, clear crystal form of carbon, prized as a gemstone.
• gem noun A precious or semi-precious stone, especially one cut and polished for jewelry.
• gold noun A soft, heavy, yellow precious metal used in jewellery, coins, and electronics.

Senses

διαμάντι is used for these senses in English:

• gem (figuratively) Any precious or highly valued thing or person.
• gold ☉ (alchemy)

diamond — full definition

1. noun An extremely hard, clear crystal form of carbon, prized as a gemstone.
2. noun A four-sided shape with two pairs of equal angles, standing on one of its points (a rhombus).
3. noun One of the four suits in a standard deck of playing cards, marked with a red diamond shape.
4. noun The infield of a baseball field, which is diamond-shaped.
5. adj Marking a sixtieth (or, in some uses, seventy-fifth) wedding anniversary.

gem — full definition

1. noun A precious or semi-precious stone, especially one cut and polished for jewelry.
2. noun Something or someone of exceptional quality or value.
3. noun A software package or library for the Ruby programming language.

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