onyx
/ˈɒnɪks/O-niks
/ˈɑnɪks/AH-niks
Meaninga nail
Common meaning: a banded gemstone
- onyxa claw, nailLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1058 · scan
Journey through time
- Greekὄνυξ, ὄνυχος‘a claw, nail’
- Latinonyx
- Englishmeaning shiftsa claw, nail → a banded gemstoneonyx‘a banded gemstone’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek ὄνυξ ‘a claw, nail’.
Roots
- ὄνυξ, ὄνυχος Greek “a claw, nail”
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