ametista

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amethystus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.məˈtis.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.meˈtis.ta]
  • Audio (Valencia):(file)

Noun

ametista f (plural ametistes)

  1. amethyst (gemstone and colour)

Further reading

Esperanto

Etymology

ametisto +‎ -a

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ameˈtista/
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧tis‧ta

Adjective

ametista (accusative singular ametistan, plural ametistaj, accusative plural ametistajn)

  1. amethyst (containing or made of the gemstone; of a similar purple colour)
    • Jean Ribillard, “Preĝo de M’saud” in Nica literatura revuo, 1/6,
      Post beata ripozo ni ekreiris al Beni-Abbès ĉe karbunkola krepusko, kiu gradete nin sorbadis en sian ametistan apoteozon.
      After a blessed repose, we set back out for Beni-Abbès in a carbuncle twilight, which gradually drew us into its amethyst apotheosis.

Synonyms

Galician

Etymology

From Latin amethystus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ameˈtista/ [a.meˈt̪is̺.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧tis‧ta

Noun

ametista f (plural ametistas)

  1. amethyst

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Latin amethystus, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, remedy against inebriation), from ἀ- (a-) (privative prefix) + μεθύειν (methúein, to become inebriated).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.meˈtis.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧tì‧sta

Noun

ametista f (plural ametiste)

  1. amethyst

Anagrams

Latvian

Noun

ametista m

  1. genitive singular of ametists

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amethystus f, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, not drunk), from ἀ- (a-, not) + μεθύω (methúō, to be drunk), from μέθυ (méthu, wine).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.meˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.meˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.meˈt͡ʃis.ta/

  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧tis‧ta

Noun

ametista f (plural ametistas)

  1. amethyst (gem)

Tagalog

Etymology

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English amethyst, influenced by Spanish amatista, Latin amethystus, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔameˈtista/ [ʔɐ.mɛˈt̪is.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: a‧me‧tis‧ta

Noun

ametista (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

  1. alternative form of amatista