Meanings
nounaquamarine (countable and uncountable, plural aquamarines)
plural aquamarines
- countableuncountableThe bluish-green colour of the sea.
- countableuncountableA transparent bluish-green, sometimes yellow-green, variety of beryl.
1 more example
Before we could embark on the details of his mother's health we were joined by a fair, plump woman of indefinite age, who had once been—and at moments still was—very pretty. She wore a simple black silk dress, perhaps in deference to Tilly's death, though the note of mourning was jarred by flamboyant aquamarine ear-rings and too much rouge.
1956, Delano Ames, chapter 4, in Crime out of Mind
adjectiveaquamarine (not comparable)
- not comparableOf a bluish-green colour.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna shade of blue tinged with green
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
- Proto-Italic*akʷā
- Latinaqua
- Proto-Indo-European*mer-?
- Proto-Indo-European*móri
- Proto-Italic*mari
- Latinmare
- Latinmarīnus
- Latinaqua marīna
- Englishaquamarine
From Latin aqua marīna (“sea water”), adjective form from mare (“sea”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans akwamaryn
- akwamarynaquamarine colour
Arabic زبرجد
- زبرجد (zabarjid)aquamarine colour
Bulgarian аквамарин
- аквамарин (akvamarin)type of beryl
Catalan aiguamarina, aiguamarina
- aiguamarinaaquamarine colour
- aiguamarinatype of beryl
Chinese Mandarin 蓝晶, 碧绿色
- 蓝晶 (lánjīng)aquamarine colour
- 碧绿色 (bì lǜsè)aquamarine colour
- 海藍寶石 /海蓝宝石 (hǎilán bǎoshí)type of beryl
Czech akvamarín, akvamarín
- akvamarínaquamarine colour
- akvamaríntype of beryl
Danish akvamarin, akvamarin
- akvamarinaquamarine colour
- akvamarintype of beryl
Dutch aquamarijn, aquamarijn
- aquamarijnaquamarine colour
- aquamarijntype of beryl
- aquamarijnOf a bluish-green color
Esperanto akvamarina koloro, akvamarino
- akvamarina koloroaquamarine colour
- akvamarinoaquamarine colour
- akvobluoaquamarine colour
- akvamarinotype of beryl
- akvamarinaOf a bluish-green color
- akvobluaOf a bluish-green color
Finnish akvamariini, akvamariini
- akvamariiniaquamarine colour
- akvamariinitype of beryl
French aigue-marine, aigue-marine
- aigue-marineaquamarine colour
- aigue-marinetype of beryl
German aquamarin, Aquamarin
- aquamarinaquamarine colour
- Aquamarintype of beryl
- aquamarinOf a bluish-green color
- aquamarinblauOf a bluish-green color
Hebrew תַּרְשִׁישׁ
- תַּרְשִׁישׁ (tarshísh)type of beryl
Hungarian akvamarin, akvamarin
- akvamarinaquamarine colour
- akvamarintype of beryl
- akvamarinOf a bluish-green color
Indonesian akuamarin
- akuamarinaquamarine colour
Irish muirghorm, cloch mhuirghorm
- muirghormaquamarine colour
- cloch mhuirghormtype of beryl
Italian acquamarina, acquamarina
- acquamarinaaquamarine colour
- acquamarinatype of beryl
Japanese アクアマリン, 藍玉
- アクアマリン (akuamarin)aquamarine colour
- 藍玉 (rangyoku)type of beryl
Korean 남록색
- 남록색 (namnoksaek)aquamarine colour
Latvian akvamarīns
- akvamarīnsaquamarine colour
Lithuanian akvamarinas
- akvamarinasaquamarine colour
Norwegian akvamarin
- akvamarinaquamarine colour
Norwegian Bokmål akvamarin
- akvamarintype of beryl
Polish akwamaryn, akwamaryna
- akwamarynaquamarine colour
- akwamarynaaquamarine colour
- akwamaryntype of beryl
- akwamarynatype of beryl
- akwamarynowyOf a bluish-green color
Portuguese água-marinha, água-marinha
- água-marinhaaquamarine colour
- água-marinhatype of beryl
Romanian acvamarin, acvamarin
- acvamarinaquamarine colour
- acvamarintype of beryl
Russian аквамари́н, аквамари́новый
- аквамари́н (akvamarín)aquamarine colour
- аквамари́новый (akvamarínovyj)aquamarine colour
- аквамари́н (akvamarín)type of beryl
- аквамари́новый (akvamarínovyj)Of a bluish-green color
- аквамари́нный (akvamarínnyj)Of a bluish-green color
Slovak akvamarín
- akvamarínaquamarine colour
Spanish aguamarina, aguamarina
- aguamarinaaquamarine colour
- aguamarinatype of beryl
Swedish akvamarin, akvamarin
- akvamarinaquamarine colour
- akvamarintype of beryl
- akvamarinOf a bluish-green color
Tagalog akwamarin
- akwamarinaquamarine colour
Thai อะความารีน
- อะความารีน (à-kwaa-maa-riin)type of beryl
Turkish akvamarin, akvamarin
- akvamarinaquamarine colour
- akvamarintype of beryl
Ukrainian аквамарин, аквамари́н
- аквамарин (akvamaryn)aquamarine colour
- аквамари́н (akvamarýn)type of beryl
- аквамари́новий (akvamarýnovyj)Of a bluish-green color
- аквамари́нний (akvamarýnnyj)Of a bluish-green color
Urdu سمندری پانی
- سمندری پانیaquamarine colour
Vietnamese ngọc xanh biển
- ngọc xanh biểnaquamarine colour
Welsh gwyrddlas, acwamarin
- gwyrddlasaquamarine colour
- acwamarinaquamarine colour
- morlasfaentype of beryl
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with aquamarine
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
aquamarine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquamarine
MLA
“aquamarine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquamarine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aquamarine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquamarine.
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