Sapphire

Noun

 * 1) a clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
 * 2) a white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.
 * 3) a deep blue colour.
 * 4) a type of South American hummingbird.
 * The blue-chinned sapphire can be found many parts of South America, depending on season.
 * The blue-chinned sapphire can be found many parts of South America, depending on season.

Derived terms

 * Padparadscha sapphire
 * pink sapphire
 * sapphirine
 * star sapphire


 * water sapphire
 * white sapphire
 * yellow sapphire

Related terms

 * corundum

Adjective

 * 1) of a deep blue colour.

Thesaurus
adamant, agate, alexandrite, amethyst, aquamarine, azure, azure-blue, azure-colored, azurean, azured, azureous, beryl, beryl-blue, berylline, bloodstone, blue, bluish, brilliant, carbuncle, carnelian, cerulean, ceruleous, cerulescent, chalcedony, chrysoberyl, chrysolite, citrine, coral, cyanean, dark-blue, deep-blue, demantoid, diamond, emerald, garnet, girasol, harlequin opal, heliotrope, hyacinth, jade, jadestone, jargoon, jasper, lapis lazuli, light-blue, lightish-blue, livid, moonstone, morganite, onyx, opal, pavonian, pavonine, peacock-blue, peridot, plasma, rose quartz, ruby, sapphirine, sard, sardonyx, sky-blue, sky-colored, sky-dyed, spinel, spinel ruby, topaz, turquoise

Etymology
saphir:, from sapphirus:, from  σάπφειρος:, from a Semitic language (compare Hebrew ספיר:), probably ultimately from a non-Semitic source such as Sanskrit शनि:.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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 * Hindi: नीलम
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua: sapphiro
 * Irish: saifír
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 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ត្បូងកណ្ដៀង
 * Korean: 사파이어
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 * Lithuanian: safyras
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 * Cyrillic: сафир
 * Roman: safir
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 * Swahili: yakuti samawi
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 * Vietnamese: xa-phia


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 * Spanish: zafiro


 * Dutch: saffierblauw
 * Greek: ζαφειρένιο, βαθυκύανο


 * Icelandic: (adjective)
 * Khmer: ត្បូងកណ្ដៀង

Adjective

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: lán bǎoshí
 * Dutch: saffierblauw, saffierblauwe
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 * Icelandic:
 * Norwegian: safirblå
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Noun
sapphīre