Meaning

1 senses

  1. To adorn with or as if with diamonds.

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

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  2. I've never seen a real diamond.

    Я ніколи не бачив справжніх діамантів. — deniko

    deIch habe noch nie einen echten Diamanten gesehen. — raggione

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  3. Tom bought Mary an amazing diamond ring.

    Том купив Мері чудову діамантову обручку. — deniko

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

    Не думаю, що це справжній діамант. — deniko

    ruНе думаю, что это настоящий бриллиант. — BW

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  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

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Translations

1 languages

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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Forms

diamonds, diamonding, diamonded, diamonded
Base formdiamond · to diamond
3rd person singulardiamonds
Present participlediamonding
Past simplediamonded
Past participlediamonded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydiamond
he, she, itdiamonds

Past simpleLesson

all personsdiamonded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave diamonded
he, she, ithas diamonded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill diamond

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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
dialogueB1dialysisdiameterB1diametricallydiaperB1diaphanousdiaphragm

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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