English Online Dictionary. What means jade? What does jade mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒeɪd/
- Rhymes: -eɪd
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l’éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”). (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side.)
Noun
jade (usually uncountable, plural jades)
- A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
- Synonyms: jadestone, jade stone, yu
- A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
- Synonym: jade green
- A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.
- Synonyms: jade plant, lucky plant, money plant, money tree
Translations
Derived terms
See also
- Appendix:Colors
Adjective
jade (not comparable)
- Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.
Etymology 2
From Middle English jade, chade, either a variant of yaud or merely influenced by it. Yaud derives from Old Norse jalda (“mare”), from a Uralic language, such as Moksha эльде (eľďe) or Erzya эльде (eľďe). See yaud for more.
Noun
jade (plural jades)
- A horse too old to be put to work.
- Synonyms: nag, yaud
- (especially derogatory) A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shrew
Translations
Verb
jade (third-person singular simple present jades, present participle jading, simple past and past participle jaded) (transitive)
- To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tire
- (obsolete) To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn.
- (obsolete) To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous.
Derived terms
- jaded
Translations
References
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaːdə/, [ˈjæːð̩]
- Rhymes: -aːdə
Noun
jade c (singular definite jaden, uncountable)
- (mineralogy) jade
Finnish
Etymology
From French jade.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɑde/, [ˈjɑ̝de̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑde
- Syllabification(key): ja‧de
Noun
jade
- (mineralogy) jade
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “jade”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
Etymology
Rebracketed from earlier l’éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (jade was thought to cure pains in the side).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒad/
Noun
jade m (plural jades)
- jade
Descendants
Further reading
- “jade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- déjà
Portuguese
Etymology
From French jade, rebracketing of earlier l’éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (jade was thought to cure pains in the side).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
- Hyphenation: ja‧de
Noun
jade m (plural jades)
- jade (gem)
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
jade (Cyrillic spelling јаде)
- vocative singular of jad
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French jade, back formation from le jade, rebracketing of earlier l’éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (literally “flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (jade was thought to cure pains in the side).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxade/ [ˈxa.ð̞e]
- Rhymes: -ade
- Syllabification: ja‧de
Noun
jade m (plural jades)
- (mineralogy) jade
Derived terms
Further reading
- “jade”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- deja
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- jáàde (Ekiti, Ondo)
Etymology
From já + òde
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒá.ꜜdē/
Verb
jáde
- to go out