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 Definitions of turquoise  [ˈtɜr kɔɪz, -kwɔɪz]  

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Definition of 'turquoise' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) turquoise
an opaque mineral, a basic hydrous copper aluminum phosphate often containing a small amount of iron, sky-blue or greenish blue in color, cut cabochon as a gem.

2.  turquoise
Also called turquoise blue. a greenish blue or bluish green.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME turkeis < OF

Definition of 'turquoise' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) turquoise
a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
"blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone"

2. (noun) greenish blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise, cobalt blue, peacock blue
a shade of blue tinged with green


Definition of 'turquoise' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) turquoise
a green-blue color
a turquoise sea; I'm painting the bathroom turquoise.


Definition of 'turquoise' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) turquoise
having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise

2. (noun) turquoise
alt. of Turquois


Translation of 'turquoise' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a kind of greenish-blue precious stone
The ring was set with a turquoise.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: turkoois Arabic flag Arabic: فَيْروز Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тюркоаз
Brazilian flag Brazilian: turquesa Czech flag Czech: tyrkys German flag German: der Türkis
Danish flag Danish: turkis Greek flag Greek: τιρκουάζ Spanish flag Spanish: turquesa
Estonian flag Estonian: türkiis Farsi flag Farsi: فیروزه Finnish flag Finnish: turkoosi
French flag French: turquoise Hebrew flag Hebrew: טוּרקִיז Hindi flag Hindi: फिरोजा
Croatian flag Croatian: tirkiz Hungarian flag Hungarian: türkiz Indonesian flag Indonesian: pirus
Icelandic flag Icelandic: turkís Italian flag Italian: turchese Japanese flag Japanese: トルコ石
Korean flag Korean: 터키옥 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: turkis Latvian flag Latvian: tirkīzs
Malay flag Malay: batu firus Dutch flag Dutch: turkoois Norwegian flag Norwegian: turkis
Polish flag Polish: turkus Persian flag Persian: فیروزه Pashto flag Pashto: فیروزه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: turquesa Romanian flag Romanian: peruzea, turcoază Russian flag Russian: бирюза
Slovak flag Slovak: tyrkys Slovenian flag Slovenian: turkiz Serbian flag Serbian: tirkiz
Swedish flag Swedish: turkos Thai flag Thai: แร่เทอร์ควอยซ์ มีสีน้ำเงิ Turkish flag Turkish: turkuaz, firuze
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 綠松石 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бірюза Urdu flag Urdu: فيروزہ، ايک قسم کا قيمتي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: màu ngọc lam Chinese flag Chinese: 绿松石

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