diamant

From Dutch diamant, from Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas. Doublet of daaiman. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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diamant (plural diamante, diminutive diamantjie)

1. diamond

• bloeddiamant
• diamantmyn

diamant

1. diamond

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “diamant”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Borrowed from French and Old French diamant

diamant

1. diamond

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

diamant ? (plural diamantoù)

1. diamond (gemstone)

Borrowed from French and Old French diamant.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [di.əˈman]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [di.əˈmant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.aˈmant]

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diamant m (plural diamants)

1. diamond (gem)
2. Any of various species of estrildid finches in the obsolete subfamily Poephilinae.

• diamant zebrat

Suits in Catalan · colls (layout · text)
cors	diamants	piques	trèvols

Borrowed from French and Old French diamant.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪjamant]

diamant m inan

1. diamond

• “diamant”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “diamant”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “diamant”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

From Medieval Latin diamans, probably from metathesis of Late Latin adimas, from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

• IPA^(key): /diaˈmanˀd/

diamant c (singular definite diamanten, plural indefinite diamanter)

1. diamond (mineral)

• “diamant” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Medieval Latin and Late Latin diamas, variant of Latin adamas.

The typographic use derives from Dirck Voskens, who first cut it around 1700 and presumably named it by analogy with the larger parel.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdi.aːˈmɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: di‧a‧mant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

diamant n (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) diamond (substance)

diamant m (plural diamanten, diminutive diamantje n)

1. a diamond
2. (uncountable, printing, dated) the size of type between kwart cicero (excelsior) and parel, equivalent to English brilliant and standardized as 4 point

• bloeddiamant
• diamantmijn

• (diamond):
  • Afrikaans: diamant
  • → Sranan Tongo: dyamanti
    • → Saramaccan: djamátisítónu
• (font size):
  • → English: diamond
  • → French: diamant
  • → German: Diamant
  • → Italian: diamante
  • → Spanish: diamante

• IPA^(key): /dja.mɑ̃/

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Inherited from Middle French diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, probably from metathesis of adimas (whence aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

diamant m (plural diamants)

1. diamond (gem)
2. diamond (shape)
3. needle (of a record player)

• → Czech: diamant
• → Romanian: diamant

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

diamant m (uncountable)

1. (uncountable, printing, dated) excelsior (a small size of type, standardized as 3 point)

• “diamant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• damnait, mandait

diamant m (plural diamants)

1. diamond

Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiˑəmˠən̪ˠt̪ˠ/

diamant m (genitive singular diamaint, nominative plural diamaint)

1. diamond (mineral)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diamant”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “diamant”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “diamant”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

From Old French diamant.

diamant m

1. diamond

• Dutch: diamant
  • (diamond):
    • Afrikaans: diamant
    • → Sranan Tongo: dyamanti
      • → Saramaccan: djamátisítónu
  • (font size):
    • → English: diamond
    • → French: diamant
    • → German: Diamant
    • → Italian: diamante
    • → Spanish: diamante

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “diamant”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, probably from metathesis of adimas (whence aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

diamant m (plural diamans)

1. diamond

• French: diamant
  • → Czech: diamant
  • → Romanian: diamant

• diamant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

diamant m (definite singular diamanten, indefinite plural diamanter, definite plural diamantene)

1. diamond (uncountable: mineral)

   Kongen bar en krone av gull, besatt med diamanter.

   The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.

   Sagen er belagt med diamant.

   The saw is coated with diamond.

2. the smallest typeface in letterpress printing

• “diamant” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “diamant” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “diamond”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

diamant m (definite singular diamanten, indefinite plural diamantar, definite plural diamantane)

1. diamond (uncountable: mineral)

   Kongen bar ei krone av gull, innsett med diamantar.

   The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.

   Saga er innsett med diamant.

   The saw is coated with diamond.

2. the smallest typeface in letterpress printing

• “diamant” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “diamant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “diamond”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

From Late Latin diamas, probably from metathesis of adimas (whence aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).

diamant oblique singular, m (oblique plural diamanz or diamantz, nominative singular diamanz or diamantz, nominative plural diamant)

1. diamond

• → Catalan: diamant
• → Middle Dutch: diamant
  • Dutch: diamant
    • (diamond):
      • Afrikaans: diamant
      • → Sranan Tongo: dyamanti
        • → Saramaccan: djamátisítónu
    • (font size):
      • → English: diamond
      • → French: diamant
      • → German: Diamant
      • → Italian: diamante
      • → Spanish: diamante
• → Middle English: dyamaunt, diamaunt, diamand, dyamawnte, diamaund, deamaunt
  • English: diamond
  • Scots: diamant
  • → Welsh: diemwnt
• Middle French: diamant
  • French: diamant
    • → Czech: diamant
    • → Romanian: diamant
• → Irish: diamant

Borrowed from French diamant.

• IPA^(key): /di.aˈmant/

diamant n (plural diamante)

1. diamond

   Synonym: adamant

• “diamant”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• diamànt (Sutsilvan)

See diamànt

diamant m (plural diamants)

1. (mineralogy, gemstone, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) diamond

• IPA^(key): [ˈdi̯amant]

diamant m inan (relational adjective diamantový)

1. diamond

• “diamant”, 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

From French and Old French diamant.

• IPA^(key): /dijamàːnt/, /dijamáːnt/

dijamānt m inan

1. diamond

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	diamánt
gen. sing.	diamánta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	diamánt	diamánta	diamánti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	diamánta	diamántov	diamántov
dative (dajȃlnik)	diamántu	diamántoma	diamántom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	diamánt	diamánta	diamánte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	diamántu	diamántih	diamántih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	diamántom	diamántoma	diamánti

• diamánten

• “diamant”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

diamant c

1. (uncountable) the mineral diamond
2. (countable) the gem stone diamond, whether cut or not

• diamantborr

• inmatad