jade
A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color,…A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
» You sound somewhat jaded.
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5 senses(uncountable, usually)A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
jadegrün
a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
(uncountable, usually)A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
(uncountable, usually)A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.
A horse too old to be put to work.
alter Gaul, Gaul, Klepper
кля́чаkljáča, одёрodjór
an old or over-worked horse
(derogatory, especially)A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.
него́дницаnegódnica, ба́баbába, кля́чаkljáča
a woman adulterer
Examples
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Origin
Borrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedrBorrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”). (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side.)
From Middle English jade, chade, either a variant of yaud or merely influenced by it. Yaud derives from Old Norse jalda (“mare”), from a Uralic language, such as Moksha эльде (elde) or Erzya эльде (elde). See yaud for more.
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Forms
plural: jades| Singular | jade |
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uncountable
Synonyms
18 synonyms- a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite:jadestone
- an old or over-worked horse:hacknagplug
- a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green:jade green
- a woman adulterer:adulteressfornicatressloose womanstrumpettrollop
Word family
29 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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