There was a magnificent sunset, and the snowy hills and deep-blue water of the St. Lawrence Gulf seemed to rim in the splendor like a huge bowl of pearl and sapphire brimmed with wine and fire.
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Sapphire
//ˈsæf.aɪ̯ɚ//
Synonyms for "sapphire" (75 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (37)
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8 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
has property
1 entriesis a
8 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
similar
2 entriesTranslations
176 translations across 100 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- saffier noun (gem)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σάπφειρος noun (gem)
Arabic
4 entries- أَزْرَق يَاقُوتِيّ noun (colour)
- زَفِير noun (gem)
- ياقوت noun (gem)
- يَاقُوت noun (gem)
Aragonese
1 entries- zafir noun (gem)
Armenian
1 entries- շափյուղա noun (gem)
Asturian
1 entries- zafil noun (gem)
Bulgarian
2 entries- сапфир noun (gem)
- тъмносин noun (colour)
Burmese
1 entries- နီလာ noun (gem)
Catalan
2 entries- colibrí safir noun (type of hummingbird)
- safir noun (gem)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᏌᏆᏯ noun (gem)
- ᏌᏆᏯ-ᏌᎪᏂᎨᎢ noun (colour)
Chichewa
1 entries- safiro noun (gem)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 蓝宝石 adj (colour)
- 藍寶石 /蓝宝石 noun (gem)
Corsican
1 entries- zaffiru noun (gem)
Czech
2 entries- kolibřík modrobradý noun (type of hummingbird)
- safír noun (gem)
Danish
1 entries- safir noun (gem)
Dutch
4 entries- saffierblauw adj (colour)
- saffierblauwe adj (colour)
- blauwkeelsaffierkolibrie noun (type of hummingbird)
- saffier noun (gem)
Esperanto
1 entries- safiro noun (gem)
Estonian
1 entries- safiir noun (gem)
Fijian
1 entries- safairi noun (gem)
Finnish
4 entries- safiirinsininen adj (colour)
- safiiri noun (gem)
- safiiri noun (corundum)
- safiirinsininen noun (colour)
French
3 entries- saphir adj (colour)
- colibri à menton bleu noun (type of hummingbird)
- saphir noun (gem)
Friulian
1 entries- zafîr noun (gem)
Galician
1 entries- zafiro noun (gem)
Georgian
2 entries- საფირისფერი adj (colour)
- საფირონი noun (gem)
German
4 entries- saphirblau adj (colour)
- strahlend blau adj (colour)
- Saphir noun (gem)
- Saphirblau noun (colour)
Greek
4 entries- ζαφειρένιος adj (colour)
- ζαφείρι noun (gem)
- ζαφειρένιο noun (colour)
- σάπφειρος noun (corundum)
Hausa
1 entries- saffir noun (gem)
Hawaiian
1 entries- sapeira noun (gem)
Hebrew
1 entries- סַפִּיר noun (gem)
Hindi
4 entries- इंद्रनील noun (gem)
- इंद्रनील noun (corundum)
- कुरुविंद noun (corundum)
- नीलम noun (gem)
Hungarian
2 entries- szafír noun (gem)
- zafír noun (gem)
Icelandic
3 entries- safírblár adj (colour)
- safír noun (gem)
- safírblár noun (colour)
Indonesian
2 entries- batu nilam noun (gem)
- safir noun (gem)
Interlingua
1 entries- sapphiro noun (gem)
Irish
1 entries- saifír noun (gem)
Italian
1 entries- zaffiro noun (gem)
Japanese
3 entries- サファイア色 adj (colour)
- サファイア noun (gem)
- サファイア noun (corundum)
Javanese
1 entries- safir noun (gem)
Jingpho
1 entries- nila noun (gem)
Kazakh
1 entries- жақұт noun (gem)
Khmer
2 entries- កណ្ដៀង noun (gem)
- កណ្ដៀង noun (colour)
Korean
2 entries- 사파이어 noun (gem)
- 사파이어색 noun (colour)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жакут noun (gem)
Lao
2 entries- ນິນ noun (gem)
- ນິລະ noun (gem)
Latin
2 entries- hyacinthus noun (gem)
- sapphīrus noun (gem)
Latvian
1 entries- safīrs noun (gem)
Ligurian
1 entries- zafìro noun (gem)
Lithuanian
1 entries- safyras noun (gem)
Lombard
1 entries- zafir noun (gem)
Macedonian
1 entries- сафир noun (gem)
Malagasy
1 entries- safira noun (gem)
Malay
2 entries- batu nilam noun (gem)
- nilakandi noun (gem)
Maltese
1 entries- żaffir noun (gem)
Middle English
4 entries- jacynct noun (gem)
- jacynct noun (colour)
- saphir noun (gem)
- saphir noun (corundum)
Mon
1 entries- နဳလာ noun (gem)
Mongolian
1 entries- индранил noun (gem)
Māori
1 entries- hapaira noun (gem)
Norwegian
2 entries- safirblå adj (colour)
- safirblå noun (colour)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- safir noun (gem)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- safir noun (gem)
Occitan
4 entries- colibrí gòrjablava noun (type of hummingbird)
- safir noun (gem)
- safir noun (corundum)
- safir noun (colour)
Old Galician-Portuguese
1 entries- çafil noun (gem)
Persian
3 entries- آسمانجونی noun (gem)
- آسمانگونی noun (gem)
- یاقوت کبود noun (gem)
Piedmontese
1 entries- zàfir noun (gem)
Polish
2 entries- szafirowy adj (colour)
- szafir noun (gem)
Portuguese
2 entries- beija-flor-de-garganta-azul noun (type of hummingbird)
- safira noun (gem)
Romagnol
1 entries- ẓafìr noun (gem)
Romanian
1 entries- safir noun (gem)
Russian
1 entries- сапфи́р noun (gem)
Rwanda-Rundi
1 entries- safiro noun (gem)
Samoan
1 entries- safaira noun (gem)
Sanskrit
1 entries- इन्द्रनील noun (gem)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sàfīr noun (gem)
- са̀фӣр noun (gem)
Shan
3 entries- သႅင်သွမ်ႇ noun (gem)
- သႅင်ၵႃၶၢပ်ႇ noun (gem)
- ၼီႇလႃႇ noun (gem)
Shona
1 entries- safiri noun (gem)
Slovak
1 entries- zafír noun (gem)
Slovene
1 entries- safir noun (gem)
Somali
1 entries- safayr noun (gem)
Sotho
1 entries- safire noun (gem)
Spanish
3 entries- esmeralda gorgiazul noun (type of hummingbird)
- zafiro noun (gem)
- zafiro noun (corundum)
Sundanese
1 entries- sapir noun (gem)
Swahili
1 entries- yakuti samawi noun (gem)
Swedish
3 entries- safirblå adj (colour)
- safir noun (gem)
- safirblå noun (colour)
Tagalog
1 entries- sapiro noun (gem)
Tahitian
1 entries- safaia noun (gem)
Tajik
1 entries- сапфир noun (gem)
Thai
4 entries- นิลกาฬ noun (gem)
- นิลกาฬ noun (corundum)
- แซปไฟร์ noun (gem)
- ไพลิน noun (gem)
Tongan
1 entries- safaili noun (gem)
Turkish
4 entries- safir mavisi adj (colour)
- safir noun (gem)
- safir noun (corundum)
- safir mavisi noun (colour)
Ukrainian
4 entries- сапфі́р noun (gem)
- сапфі́р noun (corundum)
- сапфі́рний noun (colour)
- сапфі́ровий noun (colour)
Urdu
1 entries- نیلم noun (gem)
Uyghur
1 entries- كۆك ياقۇت noun (gem)
Uzbek
1 entries- sapfir noun (gem)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xa-phia noun (gem)
Welsh
2 entries- glasem noun (gem)
- saffir noun (gem)
West-Frisian
1 entries- saffier noun (gem)
Xhosa
1 entries- isafire noun (gem)
Yakut
1 entries- сапфир noun (gem)
Yiddish
1 entries- שאַפֿיר noun (gem)
Zulu
1 entries- isafire noun (gem)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
I have to change the sapphire of my phonograph.
Source: tatoeba (6695374)
Jewels are clear stones, as: the white diamond, blue sapphire, green emerald, yellow Jacinth and so on; and glitter when cut.
Source: tatoeba (7305954)
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.
Source: tatoeba (10960022)
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