The sapphire, azure gem that emulates heaven's loftly arch, shall gleam, and softly there the verdant emerald shed its greenest light, and fiery carbuncle flash forth its rosy rays from the pure gold.
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Carbuncle
//ˈkɑː.bʌŋ.kl̩//
Synonyms for "carbuncle" (83 found)
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59 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἄνθραξ noun (precious stone)
- ἄνθραξ noun (abscess)
Bulgarian
2 entries- гранат noun (precious stone)
- цирей noun (abscess)
Catalan
1 entries- carboncle noun (precious stone)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 癰 /痈 noun (abscess)
Danish
3 entries- brandbyld noun (abscess)
- byld noun (abscess)
- karfunkel noun (precious stone)
Dutch
2 entries- karbonkel noun (precious stone)
- karbonkel noun (abscess)
Erzya
1 entries- мазыкев noun (precious stone)
Finnish
1 entries- ajospahka noun (abscess)
French
1 entries- carboucle noun (precious stone)
Galician
3 entries- carbunco noun (abscess)
- carbúnculo noun (precious stone)
- nacida noun (abscess)
Georgian
1 entries- ტოპაზი noun (precious stone)
German
2 entries- Karbunkel noun (abscess)
- Karfunkel noun (precious stone)
Greek
1 entries- ψευδάνθρακας noun (abscess)
Hebrew
1 entries- נֹפֶךְ noun (precious stone)
Irish
3 entries- carbuncal noun (abscess)
- carrmhogal noun (precious stone)
- carrmhogal noun (abscess)
Japanese
1 entries- 癰 noun (abscess)
Kazakh
1 entries- көршиқан noun (abscess)
Latin
2 entries- carbunculus noun (precious stone)
- carbunculus noun (abscess)
Malay
2 entries- batu merah noun (precious stone)
- bisul noun (abscess)
Manx
2 entries- carbuncle noun (precious stone)
- pluccan mooar noun (abscess)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- glmuej noun (abscess)
Middle English
2 entries- carbuncle noun (precious stone)
- carbuncle noun (abscess)
Māori
3 entries- kapakara noun (precious stone)
- maiao noun (abscess)
- tāpoa noun (abscess)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- karfunkel noun (precious stone)
Old English
1 entries- angset noun (abscess)
Old French
1 entries- carbuncle noun (precious stone)
Old Georgian
1 entries- ანთრაკი noun (precious stone)
Polish
2 entries- karbunkuł noun (precious stone)
- karbunkuł noun (abscess)
Portuguese
1 entries- granado oriental noun (precious stone)
Romanian
1 entries- carbuncul noun (abscess)
Russian
1 entries- карбункул noun (abscess)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- càrrmhogal noun (precious stone)
- neasgaid noun (abscess)
Spanish
2 entries- carbunclo noun (precious stone)
- carbúnculo noun (precious stone)
Swedish
1 entries- böld noun (abscess)
Unami
1 entries- pëmuwe noun (abscess)
Welsh
3 entries- carbwncl noun (precious stone)
- carbwncl noun (abscess)
- cornwyd noun (abscess)
Yiddish
2 entries- גאָרפֿינקל noun (precious stone)
- גאָרפֿינקל noun (abscess)
Sample sentences
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With eyes like carbuncles, the hellish Pyrrhus […]
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And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Source: wiktionary
His turban, or mandil [mandīl], was of finest white silk interwoven with gold, bestudded with pearl[s] and carbuncles; […]
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