jaspe

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jaspe (countable and uncountable, plural jaspes)

1. (textiles) cotton or rayon cloth with shaded effect

• japes

From Latin iaspis.

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jaspe m (uncountable)

1. jasper (precious stone)

• “jaspe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

jaspe m (plural jaspes, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xaspe

• “jaspe” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Borrowed from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).

jaspe m (plural jaspes)

1. (mineralogy) jasper (precious stone)

• gema, quartzo

• jaspear
• jáspeo

• “jaspe” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “jaspe”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “jaspe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaspe/ [ˈxas.pe]
• Rhymes: -aspe
• Syllabification: jas‧pe

jaspe m (plural jaspes)

1. jasper

• → Tagalog: haspe

• “jaspe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024