diamonds

/ˈdaɪ(ə)məndz/

diamonds is the plural of diamond.

diamonds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of diamond.

Noun

diamonds pl (plural only)

(plural, plural-only) One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦.
(plural, plural-only, slang) The testicles.

Synonyms:

family jewels

diamond (countable and uncountable, plural diamonds)

(uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
- The saw is coated with diamond.
A gemstone made from this mineral.
- The dozen loose diamonds sparkled in the light.
Synonyms:

sparkler
A diamond ring.
- What a beautiful engagement diamond.
A very pale blue color.
Sable, when blazoning by precious stones.
- Elphingston. Pearl a Chevron Diamond between three Boars Heads Eraz'd Ruby, arm'd of the first. / Eymouth. Diamond a Lyon Rampant Pearl, on a Canton of the 2d, a Cross Ruby.1720, Francis Nichols, Rudiments of Honour, page 296
Something that resembles a diamond.

Synonyms:

adamant

What does diamonds mean?: Diamonds means one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦.
What is diamonds the plural of?: Diamonds is the plural of diamond.
What part of speech is diamonds?: Diamonds is a noun.
How do you pronounce diamonds?: Diamonds is pronounced /ˈdaɪ(ə)məndz/.

Adapted from Wiktionary: diamonds (page history and authors); diamond (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-diamonds.ogg.

Cite this entry: “diamonds.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/diamonds. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.