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say it: EM-ruhld
emerald is a noun meaning "a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone". It is pronounced /ˈɛmɹəld/ — EM-ruhld. It carries 3 recorded senses.
a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
the green color of an emerald
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for emerald come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.