aquamarine
/ˌæk.wə.məˈɹiːn/US/ˌæk.wə.məˈɹiːn/
aquamarine noun: the bluish-green colour of the sea.
Noun
aquamarine (countable and uncountable, plural aquamarines)
- The bluish-green colour of the sea.
- A transparent bluish-green, sometimes yellow-green, variety of beryl.
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Adjective
aquamarine (not comparable)
- Of a bluish-green colour.
aquamarine meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Tagalog
aquamarine in Tamil
- நீலப்பச்சை, இந்திர நீலம், கடல் வண்ணக்கல், நீர்ப்பச்சை நிறமுடைய
aquamarine in Urdu
- aquamarine colour
- سمندری پانی
aquamarine in Malayalam
- ഹരിത നീലം
aquamarine in Tagalog
- aquamarine colour
- akwamarin
More languagesFewer languages
- aquamarine in Arabic
- زبرجد zabarjid
- aquamarine in Indonesian
- akuamarin
- aquamarine in Thai
- อะความารีน à-kwaa-maa-riin
- aquamarine in Vietnamese
- ngọc xanh biển
Forms of aquamarine
| plural | aquamarines |
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Origin of aquamarine
From Latin aqua marīna (“sea water”), adjective form from mare (“sea”).
Words formed from aquamarine
- Madagascar aquamarine
Words that rhyme with aquamarine
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
- lien
Questions about aquamarine
- What does aquamarine mean?
- Aquamarine means the bluish-green colour of the sea.
- What is aquamarine in Tamil?
- Aquamarine in Tamil is நீலப்பச்சை, இந்திர நீலம், கடல் வண்ணக்கல். See Aquamarine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aquamarine?
- Aquamarine can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce aquamarine?
- Aquamarine is pronounced /ˌæk.wə.məˈɹiːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of aquamarine?
- The plural of aquamarine is aquamarines.
Words near aquamarine in the dictionary
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