Meanings
diamante1
plural diamantes
- An artificial diamond used as adornment, such as a rhinestone.
She carries a diamanté evening bag and a blue chiffon handkerchief round her wrist. She also wears a necklace of seed pearls and a pendant.
1935 October 15 (first performance), Noël Coward, “We Were Dancing: A Comedy in Two Scenes”, in To-night at 8.30: Plays, volume I, London: William Heinemann, published 1936, →OCLC, scene i, page 6
comparative more diamante · superlative most diamante
- Covered in diamante decorations.
An organist wigged out like Rick Wakeman, the diamante lapels of Humza Yousaf’s kilt jacket sparkled, and out in the Mall, the procession began.
2023 May 6, Rachel Cooke, “It was ludicrous but also magnificent: the coronation stirred every emotion”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2023 - Shiny or iridescent, as if covered in or made of diamonds.
Diamante2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounadornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀδάμᾱς“hard metal, diamond”
- Englishdiamante
Borrowed from French diamanté (“adorned with diamonds”). From past participle of diamanter (“adorn with diamonds”), from diamant (“diamond”), from oblique stem of Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “hard metal, diamond”).
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diamante. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diamante
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