jaspis

jaspis (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of jasper.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]

Inherited from Old Czech jaspis.

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaspɪs]

jaspis m inan

1. jasper (opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface)

• “jaspis”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

jaspis c (singular definite jaspissen, not used in plural form)

1. jasper

• “jaspis” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “jaspis” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒaːpi/

• Audio:

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jaspis m (plural jaspissen)

1. jasper (form of quartz)

• “jaspis” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

jaspis (genitive jaspise, partitive jaspist)

1. jasper

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• “jaspis”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “jaspis”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• jaspis in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

From German Jaspis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑspis/, [ˈjɑ̝s̠pis̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑspis
• Syllabification^(key): jas‧pis
• Hyphenation^(key): jas‧pis

jaspis

1. (mineralogy) jasper

• “jaspis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /ˈjäːs.pʲɪs/

jãspis m stress pattern 2

1. (mineralogy) jasper

• “jaspis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “jaspis” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)

From Ancient Greek ῐ̓́ᾰσπῐς (ĭ́ăspĭs) via Latin iaspis, possibly from an Afroasiatic root word. See Hebrew יָשְׁפֵה (yasféh).

jaspis m (definite singular jaspisen, uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) jasper

• “jaspis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “jaspis” in The Ordnett Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /ˈjas.pis/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aspis
• Syllabification: jas‧pis

jaspis m inan

1. (mineralogy) jasper

• jaspis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jaspis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /jǎspis/

jàspis m inan (Cyrillic spelling ја̀спис)

1. (mineralogy) jasper

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaspis]

jaspis m inan (relational adjective jaspisový)

1. jasper

• “jaspis”, 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

• IPA^(key): /jáːspis/

jȃspis m inan

1. jasper

   Synonym: jášma

• jaspisen

• “jaspis” in Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika - portal BOS
• “jaspis”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

jaspis c

1. jasper

• jaspis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)