beryl
pronunciation
How to pronounce beryl in British English:
UK [ˈberəl]
How to pronounce beryl in American English:
US ['berəl]
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- Noun:
- the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems
Word Origin
- beryl (n.)
- hard, lustrous mineral, c. 1300, from Old French beryl (12c., Modern French béryl), from Latin beryllus, from Greek beryllos, perhaps from Prakrit veruliya, from Sanskrit vaidurya-, of Dravidian origin, perhaps from the city of Velur (modern Belur) in southern India. Medieval Latin berillus also was applied to any precious stone of a pale green color, to fine crystal, and to eyeglasses (the first spectacle lenses may have been made of beryl), hence German Brille "spectacles," from Middle High German berille "beryl," and French besicles (plural) "spectacles," altered 14c. from Old French bericle.
Example
- 1. The adventure of the beryl board .
- 2. Beryl is a beryllium-aluminum silicate , and its color comes from small amounts of chromium .
- 3. You can imagine how that ruffled beryl 's feathers !
- 4. No , but the bedrock schist beneath them is studded with opal , beryl , chrysoberyl , garnet , and three kinds of tourmaline .
- 5. You are to take two beryl stones , on which the names of the children of israel are to be cut .