turquoise
UK/ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪz//ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪz/
turquoise noun: a sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
Noun
turquoise (countable and uncountable, plural turquoises)
- A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
- Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2012, page 128
- A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
- The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
Adjective
turquoise (comparative more turquoise, superlative most turquoise)
- Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
- Having a pale greenish-blue colour.
turquoise meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
turquoise in Hindi
- gemstone
- फ़ीरोज़ा fīrozā, पीरोज़ा pīrozā, पेरोज peroj, पेरज peraj
- colour
- फ़िरोज़ी firozī
- having a pale greenish-blue colour
- फ़िरोज़ा firozā
turquoise in Tamil
- பச்சைக் கலந்த நீல நிறம், பசுநீலம்
turquoise in Urdu
- gemstone
- فِیروزَہ fīrozā
turquoise in Bengali
- gemstone
- ফিরোজা phirōja
- colour
- ফিরোজা phirōja
More languagesFewer languages
- turquoise in Malayalam
- പേരോജര pērōjara
- turquoise in Kannada
- ಪಚ್ಚೆಕಲ್ಲು, ಪುಷ್ಯರಾಗ, ಗೋಮೇದಕ
- turquoise in Punjabi
- فِیروزَہ fīrozah
- turquoise in Gujarati
- પીરોજ pīroj
- turquoise in Sanskrit
- पेरोज peroja
- turquoise in Nepali
- फेरीज pherīj
- turquoise in Tagalog
- turkesa
- turquoise in Arabic
- فَيْرُوز fayrūz, فِيرُوزَج fīrūzaj, فَيْرُوزِيّ fayrūziyy
- turquoise in Malay
- firus, terusi
- turquoise in Indonesian
- pirus, toska, biru pirus
- turquoise in Persian
- فیروزه firuze, پیروزه piruze, فیروزهای firuze-i
- turquoise in Vietnamese
- ngọc lam, xanh thổ, xanh ngọc, màu ngọc lam
- Dzongkha
- གཡུ g.yu, གཡུ་མདོག g.yu mdog
Examples of turquoise in a sentence
- I would never want my bathroom decorated in chartreuse and turquoise, but to each his own, I suppose.
- The icebergs glowed different shades of blue: turquoise, cerulean, azure, pavonated, sapphire, ultramarine.
- Her eyes lingered on a putrid floral number in fuchsia, hot pink, and turquoise.
Synonyms of turquoise
Forms of turquoise
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | turquoises |
| alternative form (archaic) | Turkies |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more turquoise |
| superlative | most turquoise |
Origin of turquoise
From Middle French turquoise, from Old French (pierre) turquoise (“Turkish (stone)”), from turc + -ois. The stone, mined near Nishapur in the Khorasan region of Persia, was originally brought to Europe through Turkey. Doublet of Turkish. Compare typologically copper (<< Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros, “Cyprus”)).
Words formed from turquoise
Phrases with turquoise
Questions about turquoise
- What does turquoise mean?
- Turquoise means a sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
- What is turquoise in Hindi?
- Turquoise in Hindi is फ़ीरोज़ा (fīrozā), पीरोज़ा (pīrozā), पेरोज (peroj). See Turquoise meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is turquoise?
- Turquoise can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce turquoise?
- Turquoise is pronounced /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪz/ (UK).
- What is the plural of turquoise?
- The plural of turquoise is turquoises.
Words near turquoise in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: turquoise (page history and authors); turquoise (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പേരോജര (Malayalam) (page history and authors); turquoise (Kannada Wiktionary) (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.
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