At last, the gem was in his hands.
Source: tatoeba (39877)
Gem
//d͡ʒɛm//
Synonyms for "gem" (143 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (71)
good sortgood thinggood womanhard rollhonest manhot cross bunidealilluminatekaiser rollladylocketmarvelmasterpiecemenschnecklacenonpareilnose ringonion rollpaintparagon
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parker house rollpearlperfect gentlemanperfect ladypersona gratapickpinpinwheel rollplumplumepopoverprecious stonepridepride and joyprinceprizequintessencereal manrhinestoneribbonright sortringrockrollrough diamondsconesemiprecious stonesoft rollspanglestickpinstonetiaratinseltorquetreasuretrophytrouvaillewampumwindfallwinnerworthywreathewristbandwristletyorkshire pudding
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12 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
5 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
49 entriesShowing 16 of 49 words.
similar
1 entriesTranslations
148 translations across 76 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- edelsteen noun (precious stone)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λίθος πολυτελής noun (precious stone)
Arabic
4 entries- جوهرة noun (precious stone)
- جَوْهَر noun (precious stone)
- جَوْهَرَة noun (precious stone)
- حجر كريم noun (precious stone)
Armenian
3 entries- ակ noun (precious stone)
- գոհար noun (precious stone)
- թանկարժեք քար noun (precious stone)
Basque
1 entries- harribitxi noun (precious stone)
Belarusian
2 entries- кашто́ўны ка́мень noun (precious stone)
- самацве́т noun (precious stone)
Bulgarian
2 entries- скъпоце́нен ка́мък noun (precious stone)
- съкровище noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
Burmese
1 entries- ရတနာ noun (precious stone)
Catalan
1 entries- gemma noun (precious stone)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 寶石 /宝石 noun (precious stone)
- 玉 noun (precious stone)
Czech
2 entries- drahokam noun (precious stone)
- klenot noun (precious stone)
Danish
2 entries- perle noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
- ædelsten noun (precious stone)
Dutch
1 entries- edelsteen noun (precious stone)
Esperanto
2 entries- gemo noun (precious stone)
- juvelo noun (precious stone)
Estonian
1 entries- kalliskivi noun (precious stone)
Faroese
1 entries- gimsteinur noun (precious stone)
Finnish
1 entries- jalokivi noun (precious stone)
French
4 entries- joyau noun (precious stone)
- merle blanc noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
- oiseau rare noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
- pierre précieuse noun (precious stone)
Galician
1 entries- xema noun (precious stone)
Georgian
4 entries- განძი noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
- მარგალიტი noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
- პატიოსანი თვალი noun (precious stone)
- ფერადი ქვა noun (precious stone)
German
3 entries- Edelstein noun (precious stone)
- Juwel noun (precious stone)
- Kleinod noun (precious stone)
Greek
4 entries- διαμάντι noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
- κόσμημα noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
- πετράδι noun (precious stone)
- πολύτιμος λίθος noun (precious stone)
Hebrew
1 entries- אֶבֶן יְקָרָה noun (precious stone)
Hindi
3 entries- पत्थर noun (precious stone)
- मणि noun (precious stone)
- रत्न noun (precious stone)
Hungarian
2 entries- drágakő noun (precious stone)
- ékkő noun (precious stone)
Icelandic
1 entries- gimsteinn noun (precious stone)
Ido
1 entries- juvelo noun (precious stone)
Indonesian
1 entries- permata noun (precious stone)
Irish
1 entries- seoid noun (precious stone)
Italian
4 entries- chicca noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
- gemma noun (precious stone)
- gemma noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
- perla noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
Japanese
1 entries- 宝石 noun (precious stone)
Khmer
2 entries- ត្បូង noun (precious stone)
- មណី noun (precious stone)
Korean
1 entries- 보석 noun (precious stone)
Lao
3 entries- ພອຍ noun (precious stone)
- ມະນີ noun (precious stone)
- ຣະຕະນະ noun (precious stone)
Latin
1 entries- gemma noun (precious stone)
Latvian
1 entries- dārgakmens noun (precious stone)
Lithuanian
1 entries- brangakmenis noun (precious stone)
Lombard
1 entries- gema noun (precious stone)
Macedonian
1 entries- скапоцен камен noun (precious stone)
Maguindanao
1 entries- imu na babay noun (precious stone)
Malay
2 entries- jauhar noun (precious stone)
- permata noun (precious stone)
Maranao
1 entries- montiaq noun (precious stone)
Marathi
1 entries- रत्न noun (precious stone)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- edelstein noun (precious stone)
- edelsten noun (precious stone)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- edelstein noun (precious stone)
Old Armenian
1 entries- ակն noun (precious stone)
Old English
1 entries- ġimm noun (precious stone)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- جوهر noun (precious stone)
Pashto
2 entries- غمی noun (precious stone)
- غمی noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
Persian
1 entries- گوهر noun (precious stone)
Polish
4 entries- kamień szlachetny noun (precious stone)
- klejnot noun (precious stone)
- klejnot noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
- perła noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
Portuguese
3 entries- gema noun (precious stone)
- pedra preciosa noun (precious stone)
- pérola noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
Romanian
3 entries- gemă noun (precious stone)
- nestemată noun (precious stone)
- piatră prețioasă noun (precious stone)
Russian
4 entries- драгоце́нность noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
- драгоце́нный ка́мень noun (precious stone)
- жемчу́жина noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
- самоцве́т noun (precious stone)
Sanskrit
2 entries- मणि noun (precious stone)
- रत्न noun (precious stone)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- neamhnaid noun (precious stone)
- neamhnaid noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dragulj noun (precious stone)
- драгуљ noun (precious stone)
Slovak
2 entries- drahokam noun (precious stone)
- klenot noun (precious stone)
Slovene
1 entries- dragulj noun (precious stone)
Southern Altai
2 entries- кыймат баалу таш noun (precious stone)
- сӱреен баалу таш noun (precious stone)
Spanish
4 entries- alhaja noun (precious stone)
- camafeo noun (precious stone)
- gema noun (precious stone)
- joya noun (precious stone)
Swahili
2 entries- johari noun (precious stone)
- johari noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
Swedish
3 entries- guldklimp noun (precious or highly valued thing or person)
- juvel noun (precious stone)
- ädelsten noun (precious stone)
Tajik
1 entries- гавҳар noun (precious stone)
Tausug
2 entries- bidduri noun (precious stone)
- palmata noun (precious stone)
Thai
3 entries- จินดา noun (precious stone)
- พลอย noun (precious stone)
- รัตน์ noun (precious stone)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཕྲ noun (precious stone)
Tocharian B
3 entries- naumiye noun (precious stone)
- prāp noun (precious stone)
- wamer noun (precious stone)
Turkish
1 entries- mücevher noun (precious stone)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎑𐎅𐎗 noun (precious stone)
Ukrainian
3 entries- дорогоці́нний ка́мінь noun (precious stone)
- кошто́вний ка́мінь noun (precious stone)
- самоцві́т noun (precious stone)
Urdu
2 entries- جوہر noun (precious stone)
- گَوہر noun (precious stone)
Uzbek
2 entries- gavhar noun (precious stone)
- javohir noun (precious stone)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đá quý noun (precious stone)
Welsh
1 entries- gem noun (precious stone)
Yiddish
1 entries- אבֿן־טובֿ noun (precious stone)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
"Pretty gem, isn't it?" Not knowing if it was a suitable subject or not, but anyway I tried to get her interest that way.
Source: tatoeba (326679)
It's not as if just anybody can write a literary gem.
Source: tatoeba (327830)
She was a real gem of a person.
Source: tatoeba (2166053)
Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.
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