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Definitions: Sapphire |
SapphireAdjective1. Having the color of a blue sapphire; "sapphire eyes". Noun1. A precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone. 2. A transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem. 3. A light shade of blue. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Sapphire" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a sapphire", "a lapis lazuli". |
Date "sapphire" was first used: some time around 1250. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Industry | Blue or transparent variety of corundum. Source: European Union. (references) |
Bible | Sapphire Associated with diamonds (Ex. 28:18) and emeralds (Ezek. 28:13); one of the stones in the high priest's breastplate. It is a precious stone of a sky-blue colour, probably the lapis lazuli, brought from Babylon. The throne of God is described as of the colour of a sapphire (Ex. 24:10; comp. Ezek. 1:26). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Electrical Engineering | A pure variety of gem corundum occurring in nature and also produced artificially. Used for tips of phonograph needles because it has a hardness of 9 and takes a fine polish. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A blue gem variety of corundum. Syn:sappare b. Any gem-quality corundum other than ruby (fancy sapphire). c. Synthetic alumina single-crystal boules made by the Verneuil processfor use as bearings and thread guides. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
When color is not specified, sapphire refers to the blue variety. Pink, yellow, white sapphire are often valued less than the blue variety of the same quality and size.
Gem quality sapphires can be easily and cheaply produced in the laboratory. The chemical compositions and physical properties are identical to the natural sapphires. The tell-tales sign of synthetic sapphires is the crystalline growth lines which are usually curved due to the pulling during the accelerated crystal growth process.
The Logan sapphire is one of the largest blue sapphire gem known. It weighs 423 carats.
Princess Diana's engagement ring from Prince Charles was a sapphire ring.
See also: List of minerals
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sapphire."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SAPPHIRE | English | PCTE Portability | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SapphireSynonyms: azure (n), cerulean (n), lazuline (n), sky-blue (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Jewelry | Diamond, brilliant, rock; beryl, emerald; chalcedony, agate, heliotrope; girasol, girasole; onyx, plasma; sard, sardonyx; garnet, lapis lazuli, opal, peridot, tourmaline, chrysolite; sapphire, ruby, synthetic ruby; spinel, spinelle; balais; oriental, oriental topaz; turquois, turquoise; zircon, cubic zirconia; jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst; alexandrite, cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sapphire |
| English words defined with "sapphire": Asteriated sapphire ♦ oriental amethyst ♦ Salamstone, sapphire berry, sapphirine, star sapphire, Starstone ♦ water sapphire. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sapphire": 28774 ♦ asteria ♦ Bengal amethyst ♦ chemical vapour deposition ♦ epiasterism ♦ false amethyst ♦ gold sapphire ♦ hawk's-eye ♦ JEWEL-BEARING DRILLER, JEWEL-BEARING GRINDER, JEWEL-BEARING MAKER, Jewels ♦ lynx sapphire ♦ Montana sapphire ♦ precious topaz ♦ RCA 1802, Rings Noted in Fable ♦ sapphire cat's eye, sapphire glass, SAPPHIRE-STYLUS GRINDER, silicon-on-insulator process, silicon-on-sapphire, Symbolism of Metals and Gems, synthetic ruby, synthetic sapphire ♦ TURNER, MACHINE ♦ Yogo sapphire. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Sweet summer evenings, sapphire skies, feasting your belly, feasting your eyes. (Pippin: His Life and Times; writing credit: Roger O. Hirson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sapphire (1959) The Sapphire Room (1997) Sapphire (1995) Wild Thing: A Poem by Sapphire (1989) Sapphire Man (1988) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Economic History | Laos | OTHER ONGOING MINING ACTIVITIES CONSIST OF EXTRACTION OF TIN AND GYPSUM USED MAINLY FOR DOMESTIC CONSTRUCTION AND SAPPHIRE MINING. (references) |
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| "Sapphire" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.52% of the time. "Sapphire" is used about 105 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 89.52% | 94 | 33,845 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.62% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.9% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.95% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 105 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "Sapphire" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a sapphire", "a lapis lazuli". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "sapphire". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Sapphire | Female | English | A sapphire |
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| The following table summarizes names related to "Sapphire." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Sapphira | Female | Biblical | N/A |
| Sapphira | Female | English | N/A |
| Sapphire | Female | English | Sapphira |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
1. Sapphire, NC |
Expressions using "sapphire": Asteriated sapphire ♦ sapphire berry ♦ star sapphire ♦ water sapphire. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sapphire": sapphire-blue, sapphire-coloured, sapphire-hard, sapphire-hued. | |
Ending with "sapphire": silicon-on-sapphire, titanium-sapphire. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sapphire | 1,547 |
pokemon sapphire | 1,449 |
cheat pokemon sapphire | 1,213 |
grinding sapphire | 764 |
sapphire substrate | 723 |
pokemon ruby sapphire | 538 |
pokemon rom sapphire | 443 |
code pokemon sapphire | 359 |
sapphire ring | 314 |
cheat pokemon ruby sapphire | 244 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sapphire"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | safir, e kaltër e fortë. (various references) | |
Arabic | صفيري, الصفيري لون أزرق ضارب للخضرة, الصفير ياقوت أزرق. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сапфирен, сапфир. (various references) | |
Chinese | '玉. (various references) | |
Czech | safír. (various references) | |
Danish | safir. (various references) | |
Dutch | saffier. (various references) | |
Farsi | یاقوت کبود, صفیرکبود, رنگ کبود. (various references) | |
Finnish | safiiri. (various references) | |
French | saphir (saphire). (various references) | |
German | Saphir. (various references) | |
Greek | ζαφείρι. (various references) | |
Hungarian | zafír, zafírkék. (various references) | |
Indonesian | nilakandi (azure, sapphire blue), batu nilam. (various references) | |
Italian | zaffiro (saphire, zephyr). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | '玉 (jacinth), サハラ (sabbatical leave, safari, safari jacket, safari look, safari park, safari rally, Sahara desert, sahel, sapience, Saturday, savanna, savarin, suffix, supper, supper club, survival, survival foods, survival manual, survival wear). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せいぎょく (jacinth), サファイア . (various references) | |
Korean | 사파이어. (various references) | |
Manx | saffeer. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apphiresay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | safira. (various references) | |
Romanian | safir, culoarea safirului. (various references) | |
Russian | сапфир. (various references) | |
Scottish | sapair, sapheir. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | safir, tamno-plava boja (mazarine). (various references) | |
Spanish | zafiro (saphire). (various references) | |
Swedish | safir. (various references) | |
Thai | หินมีค่าสีน้ำเงินหรือฟ้าเข้ม. (various references) | |
Turkish | safir mavisi, safir, gökyakut, camgöbeği renkli, camgöbeği (glass green, sea green). (various references) | |
Ukranian | сапфірний (sapphirine), сапфір. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trong xanh như ngọc xafia, ngọc xafia m u xafia, mùa trong xanh. (various references) | |
Welsh | saffir. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | sappheiros. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | hyacinthi, hyacinthina, hyacinthinas, hyacinthini, hyacinthinis, hyacinthino, hyacinthinum, hyacinthis, hyacintho, hyacinthum, hyacinthus, sapphirini, sapphyri, sapphyro, sapphyrus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Revelation Chapter 21, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai oi qemelioi tou teicouV thV polewV panti liqw timiw kekosmhmenoi o qemelioV o prwtoV iaspiV o deuteroV sapfeiroV o tritoV calkhdwn o tetartoV smaragdoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Fundamenta muri civitatis omni lapide pretioso ornata fundamentum primum iaspis secundus sapphyrus tertius carcedonius quartus zmaragdus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the foundementis of the wal of the citee weren ourned with al preciouse stoon. The firste foundement, iaspis; the secounde, safiris; the thridde, calcedonyus; the fourthe, smaragdus; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the foundacions of the wall of ye cite was garnisshed with all maner of precious stones The fyrste foundacion was iaspar the seconde saphyre the thyrde a calcedony the fourth an emeralde: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The bases of the wall of the town had ornaments of all sorts of beautiful stones. The first base was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Revelation Chapter 21, Verse 19 |
| Bulgarian | И от двете страни на реката имаше дърво на живот, което раждаше плод дванадесет пъти, като даваше плод всеки месец; и листата на дърветата бяха за изцеление на народите. |
| Cebuano | Ang mga patukuranan sa paril sa siyudad gidayandayanan sa tanang matang sa mga batong hamili: ang nahauna haspe, ang ikaduha sapiro, ang ikatulo kalsidonya, ang ikaupat ismiralda, |
| Chinese | 城 牆 的 基 是 " 各 樣 寶 石 修 飾 的 。 第 一 基 是 碧 玉 ． 第 二 是 藍 寶 石 ． 第 三 是 瑪 瑙 ． 第 四 是 寶 石 ． |
| Croatian | Temelji su gradskih zidina urešeni svakovrsnim dragim kamenjem: prvi je temelj od jaspisa, drugi od safira, treæi od kalcedona, èetvrti od smaragda, |
| Danish | Stadmurens Grundsten vare prydede med alle Hånde Ædelsten: den første Grundsten var Jaspis, den anden Safir, den tredje Kalkedon, den fjerde Smaragd, |
| Dutch | En de fondamenten van den muur der stad waren met allerlei kostelijk gesteente versierd. Het eerste fondament was Jaspis, het tweede Saffier, het derde Chalcedon, het vierde Smaragd. |
| Finnish | Ja kaupungin muurin perustukset olivat kaunistetut kaikkinaisilla kalleilla kivillä; ensimmäinen perustus oli jaspis, toinen safiiri, kolmas kalkedon, neljäs smaragdi, |
| French | Les fondements de la muraille de la ville étaient ornés de pierres précieuses de toute espèce: le premier fondement était de jaspe, le second de saphir, le troisième de calcédoine, le quatrième d`émeraude, |
| German | Und die Grundsteine der Mauer um die Stadt waren geschmückt mit allerlei Edelgestein. Der erste Grund war ein Jaspis, der andere ein Saphir, der dritte ein Chalzedonier, der vierte ein Smaragd, |
| Haitian Creole | Gwo wòch fondasyon miray lavil la te byen òne ak tout kalite piè bijou gwo pri. Premie wòch la te an jasp, dezyèm lan an safi, twazièm lan an agat, katriyèm lan an emwòd, |
| Hungarian | És a város kõfalának alapjai ékesítve valának mindenféle drágakövekkel. Az elsõ alap jáspis; a második zafir; a harmadik kálczédon; a negyedik smaragd; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Batu-batu pondasi kota itu dihiasi dengan segala macam batu permata. Batu pondasi yang pertama dibuat dari batu baiduri pandan, yang kedua dari batu nilam, ketiga dari batu yakut, keempat dari batu zamrud, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Segala asas dewala negeri itu dihiasi dengan segala jenis permata; adapun asas yang pertama yasib, dan yang kedua nilam, dan yang ketiga akik putih, dan yang keempat zamrud, |
| Italian | Le fondamenta delle mura della citt sono adorne di ogni specie di pietre preziose. Il primo fondamento è di diaspro, il secondo di zaffìro, il terzo di calcedònio, il quarto di smeraldo, |
| Korean | 그 성 의 성 곽 의 기 초 석 은 각 색 보 석 으 로 꾸 몄 " 데 첫 째 기 초 석 은 벽 옥 이 ", 둘 째 " 남 보 석 이 ", 세 째 " 옥 수 ", 네 째 " 녹 보 석 이 ", |
| Latvian | Un pilsçtas mûra pamati bija rotâti visâdiem dârgakmeòiem: pirmajâ pamatakmenî jaspids, otrâ safirs, treðâ halkedons, ceturtajâ smaragds, |
| Maori | Ko nga turanga o te taiepa o te pa he mea whakapaipai ki nga kohatu utu nui katoa. Ko te turanga tuatahi he hahapa; ko te tuarua, he hapaira; ko te tuatoru, he karakeroni; ko te tuawha, he emerara; |
| Modern Greek | Και τα θεμελια του τειχους της πολεως ησαν κεκοσμημενα με παντα λιθον πολυτιμον· το πρωτον θεμελιον ιασπις, το δευτερον σαπφειρος, το τριτον χαλκηδων, το τεταρτον σμαραγδος, |
| Norwegian | Og grunnstenene i stadens mur var prydet med allslags kostelig sten; den første grunnsten var jaspis, den annen safir, den tredje kalkedon, den fjerde smaragd, |
| Portuguese | Os fundamentos do muro da cidade estavam adornados de toda espécie de pedras preciosas. O primeiro fundamento era de jaspe; o segundo, de safira; o terceiro, de calcedônia; o quarto, de esmeralda; |
| Rumanian | Temeliile zidului cetqyii erau kmpodobite cu pietre scumpe de tot felul: cea dintki temelie era de iaspis; a doua, de safir; a treia de halchedon; a patra, de smaragd; |
| Russian | пУОПЧБОЙС УФЕОЩ ЗПТП"Б ХЛТБЫЕОЩ ЧУСЛЙНЙ "ТБЗП"ЕООЩНЙ ЛБНОСНЙ: ПУОПЧБОЙЕ ЕТЧПЕ СУ ЙУ, ЧФПТПЕ УБ ЖЙТ, ФТЕФШЕ ИБМЛЙ"ПО, ЮЕФЧЕТФПЕ УНБТБЗ", |
| Shuar | Pen apujtukma kayasha ti shiir kaya ainia nujai najanamu asa ti shiir iwiaramuyi. Emka nu jaspi Káyauyi. Jímiara nusha sapiru Káyauyi. Menaintiua nusha ákata Káyauyi. Kuatrua nusha Ismirártauyi. |
| Spanish | Los cimientos del muro de la ciudad estaban adornados con toda piedra preciosa. El primer cimiento era de jaspe, el segundo de zafiro, el tercero de ágata, el cuarto de esmeralda, |
| Swahili | Mawe ya msingi wa ukuta huo yalikuwa yamepambwa kwa kila aina ya mawe ya thamani. Jiwe la kwanza la msingi lilikuwa jiwe la thamani jekundu, la pili yakuti samawati, la tatu kalkedoni, la nne zamaradi, |
| Swedish | Stadsmurens grundstenar voro skönt lagda och utgjordes av alla slags ädelstenar. Den första grundstenen var en jaspis, den andra en safir, den tredje en kalcedon, den fjärde en smaragd, |
| Thai | ฐานของกำแพงเมืองนั้นประ"ับ"้วยเพชรพลอยทุกชนิ" ฐานที่หนึ่งเป็นพลอยหยก ที่สองไพทูรย์ ที่สามหินคว๊อตซ์โปร่งแสง ที่สี่มรกต |
| Ukrainian | Підвалини муру міського прикрашені були всяким дорогоцінним камінням. Перша підвалина яспис, друга сапфір, третя халкидон, четверта смарагд, |
| Uma | Parawatu bente toe ratu'ui hampulu' ronyala watu to ncola, butu meha' parawatu hore hanyala porampai-na. To lomo' -na, watu yaspis, karomeha' -na, watu nilam, katolu-na, watu mirah, ka'opo' -na, watu zamrud, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sapphire": sapphires. (additional references) | |
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"Sapphire" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aphiri, saphhire, saphier, saphir, saphire, Saphorin, Sapphira, Sephirot, shapphire, sulphite. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-p-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: apprise, happier, harpies, perhaps, sappier, sharpie, shipper. | |
-2 letters: ashier, aspire, hipper, papers, paries, parish, perish, phrase, pipers, praise, raphes, raphis, reship, sapper, seraph, shaper, sherpa, sipper, spirea. | |
-3 letters: apers, aphis, apish, apres, arise, asper, ephas, hairs, hares, harps, heaps, hears, heirs, hires, pairs, paise, paper, pares, paris, parse, pears, peris, perps, phase, piers, piper, pipes, prase, preps, presa, pries, prise, raise, rapes, raphe, reaps, repps, rheas, ripes, sepia, serai, shape, share, sharp, shear, shier, shire, spahi, spare, spear, speir, spier, spire. | |
-4 letters: airs, aper, apes, apse, ares, arse, ears, epha, eras, haes, hair, haps, hare, harp, hasp, heap, hear, heir, hers, hies, hips, hire, ires, pair, paps, pare, pars, pase, pash, pear, peas, pehs, peps, peri, perp, phis, pias, pier, pies, pipe, pips, pish, prep, rape, raps, rase, rash, rasp, reap, reis, repp, reps, resh, rhea, rias, ripe, rips, rise, sari, sear, sera, shea, ship, shri, sipe, sire, spae, spar. | |
-5 letters: air, ais, ape, are, ars, ash, asp, ear, era, ers, hae, hap, has, hep, her, hes, hie, hip, his, ire, pah, pap, par, pas, pea, peh, pep, per, pes, phi, pia, pie, pip, pis, psi, rah, rap, ras, rei, rep, res, ria, rip, sae, sap, sea, sei, ser, sha, she, sip, sir, spa, sri. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-p-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: epigraphs, sapphires. | |
+2 letters: epiphragms, hyperopias, preshaping, sapphirine. | |
+3 letters: epigraphers, epigraphies, epigraphist, hippocrases, hyperplasia, partnership, peripherals, periphrases, periphrasis, planisphere, praetorship, primateship, slaphappier, speakership, transhipped. | |
+4 letters: apomorphines, apostrophise, apostrophize, apprehension, apprehensive, coprophagies, epigraphists, handicappers, hypercapnias, hyperphagias, hyperplasias, hyperplastic, misapprehend, naprapathies, paperweights, partnerships, periphrastic, planispheres, planispheric, praetorships, primateships, speakerships, topographies, transshipped, triphosphate, typographies. | |
+5 letters: amphiprostyle, apostrophised, apostrophises, apostrophized, apostrophizes, apprehensible, apprehensibly, apprehensions, cephalosporin, copartnership, hyperlipemias, hyperparasite, hyperphysical, hyperpyrexias, misapprehends, nephropathies, paedomorphism, paleographies, paperhangings, perphenazines, petrographies, pharmacopeias, phonographies, photographies, physiographer, physiotherapy, pictographies, planographies, pornographies, prepurchasing, pseudepigraph, reprographics, reprographies, sharecropping, spectatorship, supergraphics, superphysical, triphosphates. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01110000 01110000 01101000 01101001 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a p p h i r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0070 0070 0068 0069 0072 0065 |
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