diamante

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UK/daɪəˈmɒnti/

noun

An artificial diamond used as adornment, such as a rhinestone.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

diamante1

noundiamante (plural diamantes)

plural diamantes

  1. 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
adjectivediamante (comparative more diamante, superlative most diamante)

comparative more diamante · superlative most diamante

  1. 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
  2. Shiny or iridescent, as if covered in or made of diamonds.

Diamante2

proper noun
  1. A city and department in Entre Ríos province, Argentina.
  2. A river in Mendoza province, Argentina.
  3. A municipality in the state of Paraíba, Brazil.
  4. A coastal town and comune in Cosenza province, Calabria, Italy.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounadornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀδάμᾱς“hard metal, diamond”
  2. 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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APA

diamante. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diamante

MLA

“diamante.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diamante. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diamante,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diamante.

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