English-Thai Dictionary
sapphire
N หิน มีค่า สีน้ำเงิน หรือ ฟ้า เข้ม หิน แซฟ ไฟ ร์ sapphirine greenish-blue deep blue hin-me-ka-se-nan-ngen-se-fa-kem
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SAPPHIRE
n.[L. sapphirus; Gr. to scrape, to shine, to be fair, open, beautiful. ] A species of silicious gems or minerals, of several varieties. In hardness it is inferior to the diamond only. Its colors are blue, red, violet, yellow, green, white, or limpid, and one variety is chatoyant, and another asteriated or radiated.
Sapphire is a subspecies of rhomboidal corundum.
The oriental ruby and topaz are sapphires.
Sapphire is employed in jewelry and the arts.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SAPPHIRE
Sap "phire ( or; 277 ), n. Etym: [OE. saphir, F. saphir, L. sapphirus,Gr. sappir.]
1. (Min. )
Defn: Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp. , the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem. of rubies, sapphires, and of pearlés white. Chaucer.
Note: Sapphire occurs in hexagonal crystals and also in granular and massive forms. The name sapphire is usually restricted to the blue crystals, while the bright red crystals are called Oriental rubies (see under Ruby ), the amethystine variety Oriental amethyst (see under Amethyst ), and the dull massive varieties corundum (a name which is also used as a general term to include all varieties ). See Corundum.
2. The color of the gem; bright blue.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any humming bird of the genus Hylocharis, native of South America. The throat and breast are usually bright blue. Star sapphire, or Asteriated sapphire (Min. ), a kind of sapphire which exhibits asterism.
SAPPHIRE
SAPPHIRE Sap "phire, a.
Defn: Of or resembling sapphire; sapphire; blue. "The sapphire blaze. " Gray.
New American Oxford Dictionary
sapphire
sap phire |ˈsafˌī (ə )r ˈsæˌfaɪ (ə )r | ▶noun 1 a transparent precious stone, typically blue, that is a variety of corundum (aluminum oxide ). • a bright blue color. 2 a small hummingbird with shining blue or violet colors in its plumage and a short tail. [Hylocharis and other genera, family Trochilidae: several species. ] DERIVATIVES sap phir ine |ˈsafərin, -ˌrēn, -ˌrīn |adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French safir, via Latin from Greek sappheiros, probably denoting lapis lazuli.
Oxford Dictionary
sapphire
sapphire |ˈsafʌɪə | ▶noun 1 a transparent precious stone, typically blue, which is a variety of corundum (aluminium oxide ): [ as modifier ] : a sapphire ring. • [ mass noun ] a bright blue colour. 2 a small hummingbird with shining blue or violet colours in its plumage and a short tail. ●Hylocharis and other genera, family Trochilidae: several species. DERIVATIVES sapphirine |ˈsafɪrʌɪn |adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French safir, via Latin from Greek sappheiros, probably denoting lapis lazuli.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
sapphire
sap phire /sǽfaɪə r /名詞 1 C サファイア, 青玉 〘9月の誕生石; →birthstone 〙.2 U サファイア色, るり色 .形容詞 サファイア (色 )の .
The Wordsmith Dictionary