turquoiseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Turkies (archaic)

語源

From Middle French turquoise, from Old French (pierre) turquoise (“Turkish (stone)”), from turc +‎ -ois. The stone, mined near Nishapur in the Khorasan region of Persia, was originally brought to Europe through Turkey. Doublet of Turkish.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪz/, /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪs/, (dated) /ˈtɜː(ɹ).kwɑːz/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪz/, /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪs/

名詞

turquoise (countable and uncountable, plural turquoises)

1. (countable) A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
   • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, page 128:

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

2. (countable and uncountable) A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

   turquoise:  

同意語

• (colour): blue-green, green-blue, greenish blue, turquoise blue

派生語

• bone turquoise
• Bisbee turquoise
• turquoise-browed motmot
• turquoise parrot
• Turquoise Lake

関連する語

• turquoisish
• turquoisey/turquoisy
• turquoiselike
• turquoised

Further reading

• turquoise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

形容詞

turquoise (comparative more turquoise, superlative most turquoise)

1. Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
2. Having a pale greenish-blue colour.

参考

• augite

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