beryl

Inherited from Middle English beryl, from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɹ.əl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹəl

beryl (countable and uncountable, plural beryls)

1. (uncountable, mineralogy) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone (molecular formula Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈).
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Fête”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 57:

     The sunset had been magnificent, and the Thames was floating in dark radiance; the waves wearing that transparent clearness, which gives more the idea of melted beryl, than aught else: every little circle in the water had that trembling light which characterises precious stones.

   • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎^[2], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, page 128:

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.

2. (countable) An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl.

   The crown was set with six beryls of excellent size and color.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 1:16:

     The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl […]

   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 5:

     His buskins were laced with gold, and from his belt hung a sword, narrow of blade and keen, the hilt rough with beryls and black diamonds.

3. (uncountable) A dull blueish green color.

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beryl (not comparable)

1. Of a dull bluish green colour.

• beryl-spangled tanager
• beryllium
• beryllium oxide
• chrysoberyl

• chrysoprase
• brilliant

• aquamarine
• emerald
• heliodor
• Madagascar aquamarine
• morganite

• Byler

beryl

1. soft mutation of peryl

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛrɪl]
• Rhymes: -ɛrɪl

beryl m inan

1. beryl

• “beryl”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “beryl”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

beryl c (singular definite beryllen, plural indefinite beryller)

1. beryl (the mineral and examples of the mineral)

• “beryl” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /beːril/
• Hyphenation: be‧ryl
• Rhymes: -il

beryl n (uncountable)

1. superseded spelling of beril

beryl m (plural beryllen)

1. superseded spelling of beril

• beril, berill, berille
• beralle, berel, berell, berelle, berylle, birall, birell, birrall, brill, burel, burell, byrall, byralle, byrell, byryl (Late Middle English)

Borrowed from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus (“beryl”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos).

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈriːl/, /bɛˈril/, /ˈbɛril/

beryl

1. beryl (gemstone of pegmatite)
2. (figuratively, rare) Jesus or the Virgin Mary.

• English: beryl

• “berī̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Borrowed from Middle French béryl.^[1][2] First attested in 1472.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /bɛrilʲ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /bɛrilʲ/

beryl m animacy unattested

1. (mineralogy) beryl (mineral of pegmatite deposits)
   • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[3], number 1856:

     *Berzyl erilla

     [Beryl erilla]

• Polish: beryl

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “beryl”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

• berył (Middle Polish)

Inherited from Old Polish beryl.

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• Rhymes: -ɛrɘl
• Syllabification: be‧ryl

beryl m inan (related adjective berylowy)

1. (uncountable) beryllium (chemical element)
2. (mineralogy, countable) beryl (mineral of pegmatite deposits)
3. (colloquial, firearms, countable) FB Beryl

• beryl in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• beryl in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “beryl”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Danuta Lankiewicz (11.07.2007) “BERYL”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “beryl”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “beryl”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “beryl”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 117
• beryl in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

• IPA^(key): [ˈberil]
• Hyphenation: be‧ryl

beryl m inan (relational adjective berylový)

1. beryl

• “beryl”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025