Meaning

4 senses
  1. (not comparable)Made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.

    He gave her diamond earrings.

    алма́зныйalmáznyj

    діамантовийdiamantovyj, алма́знийalmáznyj

  2. (not comparable)Of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.

    Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.

    бриллиантовыйbrilliantovyj

  3. (not comparable)Of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.

    Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.

  4. (not comparable, slang)First-rate; excellent.

    He's a diamond geezer.

Examples

302 sentences
  1. This can't be a real diamond.

    Це не може бути справжнім діамантом. — deniko

    ruЭто не может быть настоящим алмазом. — shanghainese

    deDas kann kein echter Diamant sein. — al_ex_an_der

  2. I've never seen a real diamond.

    Я ніколи не бачив справжніх діамантів. — deniko

    deIch habe noch nie einen echten Diamanten gesehen. — raggione

  3. Tom bought Mary an amazing diamond ring.

    Том купив Мері чудову діамантову обручку. — deniko

  4. I don't think this is a real diamond.

    Не думаю, що це справжній діамант. — deniko

    ruНе думаю, что это настоящий бриллиант. — BW

  5. I don't think that this is a real diamond.

    Не думаю, що це справжній діамант. — deniko

    ruНе думаю, что это настоящий бриллиант. — BW

Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
made of, or containing diamond:
Русский
By meaning 2
made of, or containing diamond:
of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary:

Origin

From Middle English dyamaunt, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamās, from Latin

From Middle English dyamaunt, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamās, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “diamond”). Doublet of adamant. The printing sense is a calque of Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700; compare pearl, ruby (“size of type between pearl and nonpareil”).

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Synonyms

1 synonyms

Collocations

9 patterns
  • diamond ring
  • a real diamond
  • a diamond ring
  • hid the diamonds
  • real diamond
  • diamond necklace
  • the stolen diamonds
  • this diamond is
  • stolen diamonds

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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