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jade

/d͡ʒeɪd/

jade noun: a semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.

jade: a semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for...
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Noun (1)

jade (usually uncountable, plural jades)

  1. (usually) A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
    • Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2012, page 128
    Synonyms:
    jadestone, jade stone, yu, jade-stone
  2. (usually) A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
    Synonyms:
    jade green
  3. (usually) A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.
    Synonyms:
    jade plant, lucky plant, money plant, money tree

Adjective

jade (not comparable)

  1. Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.

Noun (2)

jade (plural jades)

  1. A horse too old to be put to work.
    • Shee hath more qualities then a Water-Spaniell, […] Shee can fetch and carry: why a horſe can doe no more; nay, a horſe cannot fetch, but onely carry, therefore is ſhee better then a Iade.c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • That Iade hath eate bread from my Royall hand. / This hand hath made him proud with clapping him.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
    Synonyms:
    nag, yaud
  2. (derogatory, especially) A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.
    • You alwayes end with a iades tricke, I knowe you of olde.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, Much Adoe about Nothing. […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I...
    • However, what ſhe withheld from the Infant, ſhe beſtowed with the utmoſt Profuſeneſs on the poor unknown Mother, whom ſhe called an impudent Slut, a wanton Huſſy, an audacious Harlot, a wicked Jade, a vile Strumpet, with every other Appellation with which the Tongue of Virtue never fails to laſh...1749, Henry Fielding, “The Reader’s Neck Brought into Danger by a Description, His Escape, and the Great Condescension of Miss Bridget Allworthy”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I...

Verb

jade (third-person singular simple present jades, present participle jading, simple past and past participle jaded)

  1. (transitive) To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).
    • [T]he Mind once jaded by an attempt above its Power, it either is diſabl'd for the future, or elſe checks at any vigorous Undertaking ever after, at leaſt is very hardly brought to exert its Force again on any Subject that requires Thought and Meditation.a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC, § 27, page 84
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn.
    • The nere-yet beaten Horſe of Parthia, / We haue iaded out o'th' Field.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous.
    • I do not now foole my ſelfe, to let imagination iade mee; for euery reaſon excites to this, that my Lady loues me.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Jade

Jade (plural Jades)

  1. A female given name from English.
    • Emily. Em-il-y, three syllables, like a knock on the door of destiny. Such an odd, old-fashioned name, compared to those Kylies and Traceys and Jades — names that reeked of Impulse and grease and stood out in gaudy neon colours —2010, Joanne Harris, blueeyedboy, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 102

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Jade

Jade (plural Jades)

  1. A surname

jade meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

jade in Hindi

gem
हरिताश्म haritāśma

jade in Tamil

பச்சை மாணிக்கக்கல், பச்சைக்கல், சீனப்பச்சைக்கல்

jade in Marathi

जेड, जॅड, जेड करण्यासाठी

jade in Urdu

بدنام, فاحشہ, کسبی, مریل گھوڑا, یشب, یشم سبز
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jade in Bengali
জেড, মেয়েমানুষ, যসম, মাগী
jade in Telugu
జేడ్, జాడే
jade in Malayalam
ദുഷ്ടസ്ത്രീ, വേശ്യ, ക്ഷീണിച്ചുവശായ, പച്ചനിറത്തിലുള്ള കടുപ്പമുള്ള രത്നം
jade in Kannada
ಹಸಿರು ಬಣ್ಣದ ರತ್ನ, ಜೇಡ್ ಎಂಬ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತ ಶಿಲೆ, ಮಾಸಲು ಹಸಿರು, ನಸುಹಸಿರು
jade in Punjabi
ਯਸ਼ਮ yaśm
jade in Gujarati
જેડ, જેડે, જેડ કરવા માટે
jade in Odia
ଜେଡ୍, ଜେଡ, ଜାଡେ
jade in Nepali
जेड, जेडलाई, जेड गर्न
jade in Tagalog
hade
jade in Arabic
يَشْم yašm, يَشْب yašb
jade in Malay
jed, giok
jade in Indonesian
giok, batu lumut, biru empedu, biru giok
jade in Persian
یشم سبز yašm-e sabz, یشمی yašmi
jade in Thai
หยก yòk
jade in Vietnamese
ngọc thạch
jade in Myanmar
ကျောက်စိမ်း kyaukcim:
Dzongkha
གཡང་ཊི g.yang ṭi

Examples of jade in a sentence

  • My horse would have trotted to Clifton within the hour, if left to himself, and I have almost broke my arm with pulling him in to that cursed broken-winded jade’s pace.1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter X, in Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume I, London...
  • The king had no other horse to give him but an old jade, for his six brothers and their men had taken all the other horses, but Ashiepattle did not mind that; he mounted the shabby old nag.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H. L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 55:
  • You shall pay me for the plague of having you eternally in my sight—do you hear, damnable jade?1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter III, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume I, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […]...

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Synonyms of jade

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Forms of jade

Noun
pluraljades
Verb
third-person singular presentjades
present participlejading
past participlejaded
pastjaded
Proper noun
pluralJades

Plural of jade: jades

Origin of jade

Borrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”). (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side.)

From Middle English jade, chade, either a variant of yaud or merely influenced by it. Yaud derives from Old Norse jalda (“mare”), from a Uralic language, such as Moksha эльде (elde) or Erzya эльде (elde). See yaud for more.

From the precious stone jade; taken into general use in the 1970s.

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Questions about jade

What does jade mean?
Jade means a semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
What is jade in Hindi?
Jade in Hindi is हरिताश्म (haritāśma). See Jade meaning in Hindi.
How do you use jade in a sentence?
My horse would have trotted to Clifton within the hour, if left to himself, and I have almost broke my arm with pulling him in to that cursed broken-winded jade’s pace.
What part of speech is jade?
Jade can be a noun, an adjective, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jade?
Jade is pronounced /d͡ʒeɪd/.
What is the plural of jade?
The plural of jade is jades.

Words near jade in the dictionary

  1. Jadassohn's nevus phakomatosis
  2. Jadavpur
  3. Jadczak
  4. Jadczaks
  5. jadding
  6. jade
  7. Jade City
  8. jade egg
  9. jade eggs
  10. Jade Emperor
  11. jade gate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jade (page history and authors); Jade (page history and authors); jade (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jade (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jade (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jade (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jade (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jade (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jade (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਯਸ਼ਮ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); jade (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jade (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jade (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.

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