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Origin
- Old Englishġimstān, ġymstān“gem; jewel; precious stone”
- Middle Englishgimstone
- Englishgemstone
From Middle English gimstone, alteration (due to Middle English gemme) of earlier ȝimston, ȝimstan, from Old English ġimstān, ġymstān (“gem; jewel; precious stone”), equivalent to gem + stone. Compare Icelandic gimsteinn (“jewel; gem”), Faroese gimsteinur (“jewel, precious stone”).
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Afrikaans edelsteen
- edelsteengem
Arabic جَوْهَر, جَوْهَرَة
- جَوْهَر (jawhar)gem
- جَوْهَرَة (jawhara)gem
Bulgarian скъпоце́нен ка́мък
- скъпоце́нен ка́мък (skăpocénen kámăk)gem
Catalan pedra preciosa, gemma
- pedra preciosagem
- gemmagem
Chinese Mandarin 寶石 /宝石
- 寶石 /宝石 (bǎoshí)gem
Czech klenot, drahokam
- klenotgem
- drahokamgem
Danish ædelsten
- ædelstengem
Dutch edelsteen
- edelsteengem
Esperanto gemo
- gemogem
Estonian kalliskivi
- kalliskivigem
Finnish jalokivi
- jalokivigem
French pierre précieuse, joyau
- pierre précieusegem
- joyaugem
- gemmegem
German Edelstein, Juwel
- Edelsteingem
- Juwelgem
- Kleinodgem
Hebrew אֶבֶן יְקָרָה, אבן חן
- אֶבֶן יְקָרָה (éven yekará)gem
- אבן חןgem
Hindi मणि, रत्न
- मणि (maṇi)gem
- रत्न (ratna)gem
- पत्थर (patthar)gem
Icelandic gimsteinn
- gimsteinngem
Indonesian batu akik
- batu akikgem
Italian pietra preziosa, gemma
- pietra preziosagem
- gemmagem
Japanese 宝石
- 宝石 (hōseki)gem
Korean 보석
- 보석 (boseok)gem
Latin gemma
- gemmagem
Latvian dārgakmens
- dārgakmensgem
Lithuanian brangakmenis
- brangakmenisgem
Māori pōhatu māpuna
- pōhatu māpunagem
Norwegian Bokmål edelstein, edelsten
- edelsteingem
- edelstengem
- smykkesteingem
- smykkestengem
Persian نگین, گوهر
- نگین (negin)gem
- گوهر (gowhar)gem
- گوهرسنگ (goharsang)gem
Polish kamień szlachetny, klejnot
- kamień szlachetnygem
- klejnotgem
Portuguese pedra preciosa, gema
- pedra preciosagem
- gemagem
Romanian piatră prețioasă, piatră nestemată
- piatră prețioasăgem
- piatră nestematăgem
Russian драгоце́нный ка́мень, самоцве́т
- драгоце́нный ка́мень (dragocénnyj kámenʹ)gem
- самоцве́т (samocvét)gem
Slovak klenot, drahokam
- klenotgem
- drahokamgem
Spanish piedra preciosa, joya
- piedra preciosagem
- joyagem
- alhajagem
- gemagem
Swedish ädelsten
- ädelstengem
Tagalog hiyas
- hiyasgem
Thai พลอย, จินดา
- พลอย (plɔɔi)gem
- จินดา (jin-daa)gem
- รัตน์ (rát)gem
Ukrainian дорогоці́нний ка́мінь, кошто́вний ка́мінь
- дорогоці́нний ка́мінь (dorohocínnyj káminʹ)gem
- кошто́вний ка́мінь (koštóvnyj káminʹ)gem
- самоцві́т (samocvít)gem
Vietnamese đá quý
- đá quýgem
Welsh tlysfaen
- tlysfaengem
Cite this entry
gemstone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gemstone
“gemstone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gemstone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gemstone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gemstone.
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