jewel
UK/ˈd͡ʒuːəl//d͡ʒul/
jewel noun: a precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
Noun
jewel (plural jewels)
- A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
- A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
- Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- Anything precious or valuable.
- Galveston was the jewel of Texas prior to the hurricane.
- Wel, wel (Meander) thou art deepely read:
And hauing thee, I haue a iewell ſure:
Go on my Lord, and giue your charge I ſay,
Thy wit wil make vs Conquerors to day.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.
- The clitoris.
- The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel.2008, Another Time, Another Place: Five Novellas
- A jewel box (optical disc container).
- As a collector, I prefer jewels to digipaks.
Verb
jewel (third-person singular simple present jewels, present participle (US) jeweling or (UK) jewelling, simple past and past participle (US) jeweled or (UK) jewelled)
Proper noun capitalized: Jewel
Jewel (plural Jewels)
- A female given name from English from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th century.
- Jewel he called her; and he would say this as he might have said ‘Jane,’ don’t you know, with a marital, homelike, peaceful effect. I heard the name for the first time ten minutes after I had landed in his courtyard, when, after nearly shaking my arm off, he darted up the steps and began to make a...1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter XXVIII, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC, pages 297–298
- "Of course Gladys and Eleanor, having graced the last generation of heroines and being at present in their social prime, will be passed on to the next generation of shopgirls——" / "Displacing Ella and Stella," interrupted Dick. / "And Pearl and Jewel,", Gloria added cordially, "and Earl and Elmer...1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “Portrait of a Siren”, in The Beautiful and Damned, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book 1, pages 58–59
- A male given name from English, a variant of Jewell, or from "jewel" like the female name.
jewel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
jewel in Hindi
- gemstone
- मणि maṇi, रत्न ratna, पत्थर patthar, जौहर jauhar
jewel in Tamil
- valuable object for ornamentation
- நகை nakai, ஆபரணம் āparaṇam
jewel in Marathi
- gemstone
- रत्न ratna
- valuable object for ornamentation
- दागिना dāginā, अलंकार alaṅkār, आभूषण ābhūṣaṇ
- anything precious or valuable
- रत्न ratna
jewel in Urdu
- gemstone
- گَوہَر gauhar, جَوہَر jauhar
More languagesFewer languages
- jewel in Bengali
- জওহর joōhor
- jewel in Telugu
- ఆభరణము ābharaṇamu, భూషణము bhūṣaṇamu, నగ naga, తొడవు toḍavu
- jewel in Malayalam
- മണി maṇi, രത്നം ratnaṁ
- jewel in Kannada
- ಒಡವೆ, ನಗ, ತೊಡಪು, ತಡಪು
- jewel in Punjabi
- رتن ratan, ਰਤਨ ratan, ਜੌਹਰ jauhar
- jewel in Sanskrit
- मणि maṇi, रत्न ratna
- jewel in Nepali
- रत्न
- jewel in Pashto
- غمی ǧamáy, ګاڼه gānna, ګران grān
- jewel in Arabic
- جَوْهَر jawhar, جَوْهَرَة jawhara
- jewel in Malay
- permata
- jewel in Thai
- พลอย plɔɔi, จินดา jin-daa, รัตน์ rát, หินสี
- jewel in Vietnamese
- đá quý
- jewel in Myanmar
- ရတနာ ra.ta.na
Examples of jewel in a sentence
- The whole crowd cringed as he got kicked in his crown jewels.
- The whole crowd cringed as he got hit right in the family jewels.
- Cloisonne is sometimes seen as a cheaper alternative to jewelled encrustation or filigree.
Forms of jewel
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | jewels |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | jewels |
| present participle US | jeweling |
| present participle UK | jewelling |
| past participle US | jeweled |
| past US | jeweled |
| past participle UK | jewelled |
| past UK | jewelled |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Jewels |
Origin of jewel
From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale. Displaced native Old English māþm.
From jewel.
Words formed from jewel
- bejewel
- crown jewel
- ditch jewel
- eight-jewel
- enjewel
- jewel anemone
- jewel-babbler
- jewel bearing
- jewel beetle
- jewel block
- jewel box
- jewel bug
- jewel case
- jewel cichlid
- jewelcrafting
- jewel crafting
- jeweler
- jeweller
- jewelfish
- jewelfront
- jewelhouse
- jewel in the crown
- jewel in the Liberal crown
- jewelled
- jewellery
- jewelry
- jewelless
- jewellike
- jewelly
- jewel-neck
- jewel salad
- jewel scarab
- jewelsmith
- jewel tone
- jewel-tone
- jewel-toned
- jewel-weed
- jewelweed
- jewel yam
- jewie
- unjewel
Phrases with jewel
- pus jewel
- jewel bugs
- jewel yams
- jewel boxes
- jewel cases
- jewel tones
- jewel blocks
- jewel salads
- jewel beetles
- jewel scarabs
- jewel anemones
- jewel bearings
3 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with jewel
42 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spool
- doole
- pule
- yule
- buhl
- huemul
- Juul
- misrule
- poule
- rocking stool
- you'll
- 6-2-1 rule
- adverse interest rule
- aemule
- babul
- befool
- bool
- cagoule
- crool
- emule
- firefighter's rule
- gigajoule
- grool
- gule
- hool
- hydrocool
- joule
- kewl
- kilojoule
- megajoule
- mewl
- pasta fazool
- petajoule
- retool
- shul
- snool
- sool
- terajoule
- torchecul
- tulle
- uncool
- yottajoule
Questions about jewel
- What does jewel mean?
- Jewel means a precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
- What is jewel in Hindi?
- Jewel in Hindi is मणि (maṇi), रत्न (ratna), पत्थर (patthar). See Jewel meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is jewel?
- Jewel can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce jewel?
- Jewel is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒuːəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of jewel?
- The plural of jewel is jewels.
Words near jewel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jewel (page history and authors); Jewel (page history and authors); ఆభరణము (Telugu) (page history and authors); മണി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); jewel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); رتن (Punjabi) (page history and authors); jewel (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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