émeraude

Etymology

From Old French esmeralde, esmeragde, from Vulgar Latin *esmaralda, *esmaraldus, variant of Latin smaragdus (“emerald”), from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos, “emerald”), from Sanskrit मरकत (marakata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /em.ʁod/, /ɛm.ʁod/
• Homophone: émeraudes
• Hyphenation: éme‧raude

Noun

émeraude f (plural émeraudes)

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

Adjective

émeraude (invariable)

1. emerald (color)

Further reading

• “émeraude” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).