Diamant

See also: diamant and diamànt

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdiaˈmant/
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  • Rhymes: -ant

Etymology 1

Noun

Diamant m (genitive Diamanten, plural Diamanten)

  1. (uncountable) diamond (allotrope of carbon)
  2. diamond (gemstone)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger Perl.

Noun

Diamant

  1. (uncountable, printing, dated) A small size of type, standardized as 4 point.

Luxembourgish

Noun

Diamant m (plural Diamanten)

  1. diamond
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