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Definition: Carnelian |
CarnelianNoun1. A translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "carnelian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Industry | A chalcedony that has a clear deep red, flesh red, or reddish white color. Formerly called carnelian. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A translucent pale to deep- or orange-red variety of chalcedony containingiron impurities. CF:sard. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: CarnelianSynonym: cornelian (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Carnelian |
| English words defined with "carnelian": Arango ♦ Canary stone ♦ Sardoin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "carnelian": carneol, carneole. (references) |
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| "Carnelian" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 54.35% of the time. "Carnelian" is used about 46 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 54.35% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (singular) | 41.3% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.35% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 46 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "carnelian": carnelian Bay. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
carnelian | 82 |
carnelian room | 41 |
carnelian bay ca | 21 |
carnelian jewelry | 14 |
carnelian francisco room san | 12 |
carnelian stone | 9 |
carnelian bay | 8 |
carnelian necklace | 7 |
carnelian bead | 6 |
carnelian ring | 6 |
carnelian pendant | 3 |
carnelian wood | 3 |
carnelian gold necklace | 3 |
carnelian earring | 2 |
carnelian cg | 2 |
carnelian gold ring | 2 |
carnelian bay california | 2 |
carnelian meaning | 2 |
carnelian gem stone | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "carnelian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | corneol (carneol, carneole, cornelian), karneol (carneol, carneole, cornelian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | carneool (carneol, carneole, cornelian), kornalijn (carneol, carneole, cornelian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cornaline (carneol, carneole), carnéol (carneol, carneole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Cornalin (carneol, carneole, cornelian), Karneol (carneol, carneole, cornelian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καρνεόλιο (carneol, carneole, cornelian), σάρδιοσ λίθοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | akik (agate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | corniola (chert, cornelian, hornstone, silex), cornalina (carneol, carneole, cornelian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arneliancay cornalina (carneol, carneole, cornelian), carnéola (carneol, carneole, cornelian). (various references) carneol. (various references) cornalina (carneol, carneole, cornelian). (various references) karneol (cornelian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | gug. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | sardini, sardinus, sardis, sardius. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 39, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epoihsan oi uioi israhl kaqa sunetaxen kurioV tw mwush outwV epoihsan |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et posuit in eo gemmarum ordines quattuor in primo versu erat sardius topazius zmaragdus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he putte in it foure ordres of gemmes; in the first veers was saarde, topazi, smaragd; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And thei filled it with .iiij. rowes of stones (the first rowe: Sardios, a Topas ad smaragdus. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And on it they put four lines of stones: in the first line was a carnelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald; |
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| Language | Exodus Chapter 39, Verse 10 |
| Cebuano | Ug ilang gibutang niini ang upat ka laray nga mga bato. Sa nahauna nga laray, mao ang sardio, topacio, ug usa ka carbunclo kini mao ang nahauna nga laray. |
| Croatian | Umetnu u nj èetiri reda dragulja. Prvi red bijaše od rubina, topaza i alema; |
| Danish | De udstyrede det med fire Rækker Sten: Karneol, Topas og Smaragd i den første Række, |
| Dutch | En zij vulden daarin vier rijen stenen: een rij van een Sardis, een Topaas en een Karbonkel; dit is de eerste rij. |
| Finnish | Ja sen pintaan kiinnitettiin kiviä yliyltään, neljään riviin: ensimmäiseen riviin karneoli, topaasi ja smaragdi; |
| French | On le garnit de quatre rangées de pierres: première rangée, une sardoine, une topaze, une émeraude; |
| German | Und füllten es mit vier Reihen Steinen: die erste Reihe war ein Sarder, Topas und Smaragd; |
| Hungarian | És négy sor követ foglalának abba, ily sorban: szárdiusz, topáz, smaragd; az elsõ sor. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada tutup dada itu mereka pasang empat baris batu permata. Di baris pertama batu delima, topas dan baiduri sepah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka dipertatahkannya dengan permata empat jajar, sejajar dari pada sebiji permata akik dan sebiji permata zabarjad dan sebiji permata yakut, ia itulah jajar yang pertama. |
| Italian | Lo coprirono con una incastonatura di pietre preziose, disposte in quattro file di pietre. Una fila: una cornalina, un topazio e uno smeraldo, così la prima fila. |
| Maori | E wha hoki nga rarangi kohatu i whakanohoia e ratou ki taua mea: ko te rarangi tuatahi, he harariu, he topaha, he kapakara: ko te rarangi tuatahi tenei. |
| Norwegian | Og de satte på den fire rader med stener. I en rad var det en karneol, en topas og en smaragd; det var den første rad. |
| Portuguese | E engastaram nele quatro fileiras de pedras: a primeira delas era de um sárdio, um topázio e uma esmeralda; |
| Rumanian | Au pus kn el patru wiruri de pietre: kn wirul kntki era: un sardonix, un topaz wi un smaragd; |
| Russian | Й ЧУФБЧЙМЙ Ч ОЕЗП Ч ЮЕФЩТЕ ТС"Б ЛБНОЙ. тС"ПН: ТХ'ЙО, ФП БЪ, ЙЪХНТХ", --ЬФП ЕТЧЩК ТС"; |
| Spanish | Engastaron en él cuatro hileras de piedras: La primera hilera tenía un rubí, un topacio y un berilo. |
| Swedish | Och man besatte den med fyra rader stenar: i första raden en karneol, en topas och en smaragd; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "carnelian": carnelians. (additional references) | |
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"Carnelian" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cariniana, Carneil, Carnlea, Conegliano, cornovian, cornubian, cornwellian, cranmerian, danilian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-n-n-r" | |
-2 letters: acarine, alanine, cannier, carinae, carinal, carline, cranial, encinal, narcein. | |
-3 letters: acinar, aecial, aerial, alanin, aliner, anlace, anneal, arcane, arnica, canine, cannel, canner, cannie, carina, carlin, carnal, carnie, crania, eclair, encina, inaner, inlace, lacier, lancer, lanner, larine, linear, nailer, narial, narine, racial, realia, renail. | |
-4 letters: acari, aecia, alane, alien, aline, anear, anile, annal, areal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-n-n-r" | |
+1 letter: carnelians. | |
+2 letters: antinuclear, calendaring, rebalancing. | |
+3 letters: nonbacterial, recanalizing, tabernacling. | |
+4 letters: interactional, intercalating, intercalation, nontheatrical, overbalancing, relandscaping, rhinencephala. | |
+5 letters: antiallergenic, centralization, congregational, conservational, conversational, enharmonically, intercalations, nomenclatorial, recanalization, tyrannicalness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 72 6E 65 6C 69 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .-. -. . .-.. .. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110010 01101110 01100101 01101100 01101001 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a r n e l i a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0072 006E 0065 006C 0069 0061 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)376784807178756780 |
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