jewel
SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈd͡ʒuːəl//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈd͡ʒuːl//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈd͡ʒʊəl//
- Kanada//d͡ʒul//
- Kanada//ˈd͡ʒuəl//
A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
Substantiv
- 1
A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
- 2
A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.
- 3
übertragenAnything precious or valuable.
Galveston was the jewel of Texas prior to the hurricane.
Wel, wel (Meander) thou art deepely read: And hauing thee, I haue a iewell ſure: Go on my Lord, and giue your charge I ſay, Thy wit wil make vs Conquerors to day.
Had our prince,— Jewel of children,—seen this hour, he had pair'd Well with this lord: there was not full a month Between their births.
- 4
A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
- 5
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.
- 6
SlangThe clitoris.
The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel.
- 7
umgangssprachlichA jewel box (optical disc container).
As a collector, I prefer jewels to digipaks.
Herkunft
From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale. Displaced native Old English māþm.
Verb
- 1
To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
Formen
- Plural
- jewels
- Präteritum
- jeweled, jewelled
- Partizip II
- jeweled, jewelled
- Partizip I
- jeweling, jewelling
- 3. Person Singular
- jewels
jewel · A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
Jewel · A female given name from English from the noun jewel, used…jewellery · Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings,…jewelry · To make jewelry.