Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic جَوْهَر, جَوْهَرَة
- جَوْهَر (jawhar)gem
- جَوْهَرَة (jawhara)gem
Basque harribitxi
- harribitxigem
Bengali জওহর
- জওহর (joōhor)gem
Bulgarian скъпоце́нен ка́мък
- скъпоце́нен ка́мък (skăpocénen kámăk)gem
Catalan pedra preciosa
- pedra preciosagem
Chinese Mandarin 寶石 /宝石
- 寶石 /宝石 (bǎoshí)gem
Czech drahokam
- drahokamgem
Danish ædelsten
- ædelstengem
Dutch edelsteen
- edelsteengem
Estonian vääriskivi
- vääriskivigem
Finnish jalokivi
- jalokivigem
French pierre précieuse
- pierre précieusegem
German Edelstein
- Edelsteingem
Hindi रत्न, जवाहर
- रत्न (ratna)gem
- जवाहर (javāhar)gem
Hungarian drágakő
- drágakőgem
Italian gemma, pietra preziosa
- gemmagem
- pietra preziosagem
Japanese 宝石
- 宝石 (hōseki)gem
Korean 보석
- 보석 (boseok)gem
Latin gemma
- gemmagem
Latvian dārgakmens
- dārgakmensgem
Lithuanian brangakmenis
- brangakmenisgem
Norwegian Bokmål edelstein, edelsten
- edelsteingem
- edelstengem
Persian گوهر
- گوهر (gowhar)gem
Polish kamień szlachetny, klejnot
- kamień szlachetnygem
- klejnotgem
Portuguese pedra preciosa
- pedra preciosagem
Punjabi ਜੌਹਰ
- ਜੌਹਰ (jauhar)gem
Romanian piatră scumpă, piatră prețioasă
- piatră scumpăgem
- piatră prețioasăgem
Russian драгоце́нный ка́мень
- драгоце́нный ка́мень (dragocénnyj kámenʹ)gem
Slovak drahokam
- drahokamgem
Spanish piedra preciosa
- piedra preciosagem
Swahili jiwe la thamani
- jiwe la thamanigem
Swedish ädelsten
- ädelstengem
Thai รัตนชาติ
- รัตนชาติ (rát-dtà-ná-châat)gem
Turkish değerli taş
- değerli taşgem
Ukrainian дорогоці́нний ка́мінь, кошто́вний ка́мінь
- дорогоці́нний ка́мінь (dorohocínnyj káminʹ)gem
- кошто́вний ка́мінь (koštóvnyj káminʹ)gem
Vietnamese đá quý, ngọc
- đá quýgem
- ngọcgem
Cite this entry
APA
precious stone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precious%20stone
MLA
“precious stone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precious%20stone. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precious stone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precious%20stone.
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