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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/amethyst" title="amethyst – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="amethyst" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/amethyst" title="amethyst – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="amethyst" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/amethyst" title="amethyst – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="amethyst" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wiktionary.org/wiki/amethyst" title="amethyst – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="amethyst" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/amethyst" title="amethyst – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="amethyst" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wiktionary.org/wiki/amethyst" title="amethyst – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="amethyst" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a 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title="amethyst – Mon" lang="mnw" hreflang="mnw" data-title="amethyst" data-language-autonym="ဘာသာမန်" data-language-local-name="Mon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ဘာသာမန်</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/amethyst" title="amethyst – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="amethyst" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wiktionary.org/wiki/amethyst" title="amethyst – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="amethyst" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/amethyst" title="amethyst – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="amethyst" 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(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=amethyst&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/ametist#Middle_English" title="ametist">ametist</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/ametiste#Old_French" title="ametiste">ametiste</a></i> (<span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/am%C3%A9thyste#French" title="améthyste">améthyste</a></i>), from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="w:Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a></span> <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%B8%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="ἀμέθυστος">ἀμέθυστος</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">améthustos</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">not drunk</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%E1%BC%80-#Ancient_Greek" title="ἀ-">ἀ-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">a-</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">not</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> + <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%B8%CF%8D%CF%89#Ancient_Greek" title="μεθύω">μεθύω</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">methúō</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">I am drunk</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%B8%CF%85#Ancient_Greek" title="μέθυ">μέθυ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">méthu</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">wine</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. The Greeks believed that the amethyst prevented <a href="/wiki/intoxication" title="intoxication">intoxication</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=amethyst&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈæm.ə.θɪst/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="en-us-amethyst.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/En-us-amethyst.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/55/En-us-amethyst.ogg/En-us-amethyst.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-us-amethyst.ogg" title="File:en-us-amethyst.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=amethyst&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">amethyst</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/amethysts#English" title="amethysts">amethysts</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_Q79058">A <a href="/wiki/transparent" title="transparent">transparent</a> <a href="/wiki/purple" title="purple">purple</a> to violet variety of <a href="/wiki/quartz" title="quartz">quartz</a> with traces of <a href="/wiki/manganese" title="manganese">manganese</a>, used as a <a href="/wiki/gemstone" title="gemstone">gemstone</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2012</b> March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Scientist" class="extiw" title="w:American Scientist">American Scientist</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120614165157/http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2012/2/gemstones">[1]</a></sup>, volume <span class="None" lang="und">100</span>, number 2, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2012/2/gemstones">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2012-06-14">14 June 2012</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">128</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, <b>amethyst</b>, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/purple" title="purple">purple</a> <a href="/wiki/colour" title="colour">colour</a>. <dl><dd><div class="color-panel">amethyst: <span style="background-color:#9966CC; display:inline-block; width:80px;"> </span></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/heraldry" title="heraldry">heraldry</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/tincture" title="tincture">tincture</a> <a href="/wiki/purpure" title="purpure">purpure</a>, when <a href="/wiki/blazon" title="blazon">blazoning</a> by precious stones. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1726</b></span>, John Guillim, <cite>The Banner Display'd</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">407</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The <i>Field</i> is Topaz, a <i>Lion rampant</i> <b>Amethyst</b> [...]</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1834</b></span>, <cite>The Art of Heraldry; Explaining the Origin and Use of Arms and Armorial Bearings, Etc</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">14</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Purple, on the arms of princes <i>Mercury</i>, of peers <i>amethyst</i>, and of commoners <i>purpure</i>, [is represented] by diagonal lines from the sinister chief to the dexter base.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><b>1906</b> (printed), <i>The Beetham Repository, 1770</i> (eds. William Hutton, John Rawlinson Ford), page 115: <dl><dd>1st & 4th grand Quarter alike viz. Field Pearl, on a bend Sapphire 3 Buckheads, coup'd topaz for Stanley. The 2d Quarter, Field Sapphire with an inverted Chief, <b>amethyst</b>. The 3d, A Checque topaz & <b>Amethyst</b>, this seems prior to Bosworth field, to have belong'd to Sr Robt Goushill whose Dr a Stanley married [...]</dd></dl></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=amethyst&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/amethyst_deceiver#English" title="amethyst deceiver">amethyst deceiver</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/amethyst_gold#English" title="amethyst gold">amethyst gold</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=amethystic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="amethystic (page does not exist)">amethystic</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/amethystine#English" title="amethystine">amethystine</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ametrine#English" title="ametrine">ametrine</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=amethyst&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-gem"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">gem</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="gem"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/ametis#Afrikaans" title="ametis">ametis</a></span></li> <li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AA#Arabic" title="جمشت">جمشت</a></span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%AF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="մեղեսիկ (page does not exist)">մեղեսիկ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%AF" class="extiw" title="hy:մեղեսիկ">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">meġesik</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%A9%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ամեթիստ (page does not exist)">ամեթիստ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%A9%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF" class="extiw" title="hy:ամեթիստ">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">ametʻist</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82#Bulgarian" title="аметист">аметист</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82" class="extiw" title="bg:аметист">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">ametist</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Burmese: <span class="Mymr" lang="my"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9F%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%A0%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="သီဟိုဠ်နီလာ (page does not exist)">သီဟိုဠ်နီလာ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="my-Latn" class="tr Latn">sihuilnila</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/ametista#Catalan" title="ametista">ametista</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametista" class="extiw" title="ca:ametista">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Cherokee: <span class="Cher" lang="chr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%8E%A0%E1%8E%BB%E1%8F%98%E1%8F%8F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ᎠᎻᏘᏏ (page does not exist)">ᎠᎻᏘᏏ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="chr-Latn" class="tr Latn">amitisi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Cantonese: <span class="Hani" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E7%B4%AB%E6%B0%B4%E6%99%B6#Cantonese" title="紫水晶">紫水晶</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yue-Latn" class="tr Latn">zi<sup>2</sup> seoi<sup>2</sup> zing<sup>1</sup></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd>Hakka: <span class="Hani" lang="hak"><a href="/wiki/%E7%B4%AB%E6%B0%B4%E6%99%B6#Hakka" title="紫水晶">紫水晶</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hak-Latn" class="tr Latn">chṳ́-súi-chîn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E7%B4%AB%E6%B0%B4%E6%99%B6#Mandarin" title="紫水晶">紫水晶</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%B4%AB%E6%B0%B4%E6%99%B6" class="extiw" title="zh:紫水晶">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">zǐshuǐjīng</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/ametyst#Czech" title="ametyst">ametyst</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametyst" class="extiw" title="cs:ametyst">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/ametyst#Danish" title="ametyst">ametyst</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametyst" class="extiw" title="da:ametyst">(da)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=amethist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="amethist (page does not exist)">amethist</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/amethist" class="extiw" title="nl:amethist">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/ametisto#Esperanto" title="ametisto">ametisto</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/w/index.php?title=amet%C3%BCst&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ametüst (page does not exist)">ametüst</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/ametisti#Finnish" title="ametisti">ametisti</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametisti" class="extiw" title="fi:ametisti">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/am%C3%A9thyste#French" title="améthyste">améthyste</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/am%C3%A9thyste" class="extiw" title="fr:améthyste">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/ametista#Galician" title="ametista">ametista</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametista" class="extiw" title="gl:ametista">(gl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D#Georgian" title="ამეთვისტო">ამეთვისტო</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ka.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D" class="extiw" title="ka:ამეთვისტო">(ka)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">ametvisṭo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Amethyst#German" title="Amethyst">Amethyst</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Amethyst" class="extiw" title="de:Amethyst">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%B8%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82#Greek" title="αμέθυστος">αμέθυστος</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%B8%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:αμέθυστος">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">améthystos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <dl><dd>Ancient: <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%B8%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="ἀμέθυστος">ἀμέθυστος</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="tr Latn">améthustos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Gujarati: <span class="Gujr" lang="gu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%AA%8F%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%A5%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="એમિથિસ્ટ (page does not exist)">એમિથિસ્ટ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="gu-Latn" class="tr Latn">emithisṭ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%90%D7%97%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%94#Hebrew" title="אחלמה">אַחְלָמָה</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%97%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%94" class="extiw" title="he:אחלמה">(he)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">'akhlamá</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hindi: <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="अमेथिस्ट (page does not exist)">अमेथिस्ट</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">amethisṭ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="एमिथिस्ट (page does not exist)">एमिथिस्ट</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">emithisṭ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/ametiszt#Hungarian" title="ametiszt">ametiszt</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametiszt" class="extiw" title="hu:ametiszt">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/amet%C3%BDst#Icelandic" title="ametýst">ametýst</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Indonesian: <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/wiki/kecubung#Indonesian" title="kecubung">kecubung</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/kecubung" class="extiw" title="id:kecubung">(id)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/wiki/ametis#Indonesian" title="ametis">ametis</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametis" class="extiw" title="id:ametis">(id)</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/aimitis#Irish" title="aimitis">aimitis</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/ametista#Italian" title="ametista">ametista</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametista" class="extiw" title="it:ametista">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E7%B4%AB%E6%B0%B4%E6%99%B6#Japanese" title="紫水晶">紫水晶</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%B4%AB%E6%B0%B4%E6%99%B6" class="extiw" title="ja:紫水晶">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">むらさきずいしょう, murasakizuishō</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88#Japanese" title="アメシスト">アメシスト</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88" class="extiw" title="ja:アメシスト">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">ameshisuto</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kannada: <span class="Knda" lang="kn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%A5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ಅಮೆಥಿಸ್ಟ್ (page does not exist)">ಅಮೆಥಿಸ್ಟ್</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%A5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D" class="extiw" title="kn:ಅಮೆಥಿಸ್ಟ್">(kn)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="kn-Latn" class="tr Latn">amethisṭ‌</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kazakh: <span class="Cyrl" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BA%D2%AF%D0%BB%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%81#Kazakh" title="күлгінтас">күлгінтас</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="kk-Latn" class="tr Latn">külgıntas</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82#Kazakh" title="аметист">аметист</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="kk-Latn" class="tr Latn">ametist</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EC%9E%90%EC%88%98%EC%A0%95#Korean" title="자수정">자수정</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%9E%90%EC%88%98%EC%A0%95" class="extiw" title="ko:자수정">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">jasujeong</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/amethystus#Latin" title="amethystus">amethystus</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Latvian: <span class="Latn" lang="lv"><a href="/wiki/ametists#Latvian" title="ametists">ametists</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/ametis#Malay" title="ametis">ametis</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/w/index.php?title=batu_kecubung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="batu kecubung (page does not exist)">batu kecubung</a></span></li> <li>Malayalam: <span class="Mlym" lang="ml"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="അമീഥിസ്റ്റ് (page does not exist)">അമീഥിസ്റ്റ്</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ml-Latn" class="tr Latn">amīthisṟṟŭ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maltese: <span class="Latn" lang="mt"><a href="/wiki/ametist#Maltese" title="ametist">ametist</a></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ametihita&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ametihita (page does not exist)">ametihita</a></span></li> <li>Occitan: <span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/ametista#Occitan" title="ametista">ametista</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametista" class="extiw" title="oc:ametista">(oc)</a></span></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="آمتیست (page does not exist)">آمتیست</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">âmetist</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA#Persian" title="گمست">گمست</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA" class="extiw" title="fa:گمست">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">gamast</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%DA%A9%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="کرکهان (page does not exist)">کرکهان</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">karkahân</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%DA%A9%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%87%D9%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="کرکهن (page does not exist)">کرکهن</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">karkahan</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/ametyst#Polish" title="ametyst">ametyst</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametyst" class="extiw" title="pl:ametyst">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/ametista#Portuguese" title="ametista">ametista</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametista" class="extiw" title="pt:ametista">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/ametist#Romanian" title="ametist">ametist</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametist" class="extiw" title="ro:ametist">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82#Russian" title="аметист">амети́ст</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82" class="extiw" title="ru:аметист">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">ametíst</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Scottish Gaelic: <span class="trreq" data-lang="gd"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/ametist#Serbo-Croatian" title="ametist">ametist</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametist" class="extiw" title="sh:ametist">(sh)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Slovene: <span class="Latn" lang="sl"><a href="/wiki/ametist#Slovene" title="ametist">ametíst</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametist" class="extiw" title="sl:ametist">(sl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/amatista#Spanish" title="amatista">amatista</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/amatista" class="extiw" title="es:amatista">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Sundanese: <span class="Latn" lang="su"><a href="/w/index.php?title=kucubung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kucubung (page does not exist)">kucubung</a></span></li> <li>Swahili: <span class="Latn" lang="sw"><a href="/wiki/ametisti#Swahili" title="ametisti">ametisti</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/ametist#Swedish" title="ametist">ametist</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametist" class="extiw" title="sv:ametist">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/amatista#Tagalog" title="amatista">amatista</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tl.wiktionary.org/wiki/amatista" class="extiw" title="tl:amatista">(tl)</a></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99#Thai" title="เขี้ยวหนุมาน">เขี้ยวหนุมาน</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99" class="extiw" title="th:เขี้ยวหนุมาน">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">kîao-hà-nú-maan</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/ametist#Turkish" title="ametist">ametist</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametist" class="extiw" title="tr:ametist">(tr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="singular number">sg</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=morta%C5%9F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mortaş (page does not exist)">mortaş</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/morta%C5%9F" class="extiw" title="tr:mortaş">(tr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="singular number">sg</abbr></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82#Ukrainian" title="аметист">амети́ст</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82" class="extiw" title="uk:аметист">(uk)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">ametýst</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Volapük: <span class="Latn" lang="vo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=maet%C3%BCt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="maetüt (page does not exist)">maetüt</a></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Welsh">amethyst</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>West Frisian: <span class="Latn" lang="fy"><a href="/wiki/ametist#West_Frisian" title="ametist">ametist</a></span></li> <li>Zazaki: <span class="Latn" lang="zza"><a href="/wiki/ametist#Zazaki" title="ametist">ametist</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-colour"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">colour</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="colour"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/ametista#Catalan" title="ametista">ametista</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametista" class="extiw" title="ca:ametista">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Cherokee: <span class="Cher" lang="chr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%8E%A0%E1%8E%BB%E1%8F%98%E1%8F%8F-%E1%8F%95%E1%8E%AD%E1%8E%B7%E1%8E%A8%E1%8E%A2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ᎠᎻᏘᏏ-ᏕᎭᎷᎨᎢ (page does not exist)">ᎠᎻᏘᏏ-ᏕᎭᎷᎨᎢ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="chr-Latn" class="tr Latn">amitisi-dehalugei</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E7%B4%AB%E8%89%B2#Mandarin" title="紫色">紫色</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%B4%AB%E8%89%B2" class="extiw" title="zh:紫色">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">zǐsè</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/w/index.php?title=amet%C3%BCst&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ametüst (page does not exist)">ametüst</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ametistinvioletti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ametistinvioletti (page does not exist)">ametistinvioletti</a></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="ამეთვისტოსფერი">ამეთვისტოსფერი</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">ametvisṭosperi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">neologism</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Indonesian: <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/wiki/kecubung#Indonesian" title="kecubung">kecubung</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/kecubung" class="extiw" title="id:kecubung">(id)</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/aimitis#Irish" title="aimitis">aimitis</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E7%B4%AB%E8%89%B2#Japanese" title="紫色">紫色</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%B4%AB%E8%89%B2" class="extiw" title="ja:紫色">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">むらさきいろ, murasakiiro</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/kecubung#Malay" title="kecubung">kecubung</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%86%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="аметистовый цвет (page does not exist)">амети́стовый цвет</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">ametístovyj cvet</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%86%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="фиолетовый цвет (page does not exist)">фиоле́товый цвет</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">fiolétovyj cvet</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/amatista#Spanish" title="amatista">amatista</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/amatista" class="extiw" title="es:amatista">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swahili: <span class="Latn" lang="sw"><a href="/w/index.php?title=rangi_ya_amethisto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="rangi ya amethisto (page does not exist)">rangi ya amethisto</a></span></li> <li>Zazaki: <span class="Latn" lang="zza"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ametistane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ametistane (page does not exist)">ametistane</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="checktrans"> <dl><dd><i>The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Entry_layout#Translations" title="Wiktionary:Entry layout">Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations</a>.</i></dd></dl> </div> <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Translations to be checked</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="Translations to be checked"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Lithuanian: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="lt"><a href="/wiki/ametistas#Lithuanian" title="ametistas">ametistas</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></span> (1); <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="lt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ametistin%C4%97_spalva&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ametistinė spalva (page does not exist)">ametistinė spalva</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></span> (2)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=amethyst&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">amethyst</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en comparative-form-of" lang="en">more <strong class="selflink">amethyst</strong></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en superlative-form-of" lang="en">most <strong class="selflink">amethyst</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>Having a <a href="/wiki/colour" title="colour">colour</a> similar to that of the gemstone</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations_2">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=amethyst&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-colour"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">colour</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="colour"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E7%B4%AB%E8%89%B2#Mandarin" title="紫色">紫色</a><a href="/wiki/%E7%9A%84#Mandarin" title="的">的</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">zǐsè de</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ametistinvioletti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ametistinvioletti (page does not exist)">ametistinvioletti</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/amethysten#German" title="amethysten">amethysten</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/amethysten" class="extiw" title="de:amethysten">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=aimitise&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="aimitise (page does not exist)">aimitise</a></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/ametystowy#Polish" title="ametystowy">ametystowy</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ametystowy" class="extiw" title="pl:ametystowy">(pl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/fioletowy#Polish" title="fioletowy">fioletowy</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/fioletowy" class="extiw" title="pl:fioletowy">(pl)</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/purpuriu#Romanian" title="purpuriu">purpuriu</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/purpuriu" class="extiw" title="ro:purpuriu">(ro)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="аметистовый (page does not exist)">аметистовый</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:аметистовый">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">ametistovyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Volapük: <span class="Latn" lang="vo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=maet%C3%BCtak%C3%B6lik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="maetütakölik (page does not exist)">maetütakölik</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=amethyst&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Colors" title="Appendix:Colors">Appendix:Colors</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=amethyst&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">David Barthelmy (<span class="None" lang="und">1997–2024</span>) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webmineral.com/data/Amethyst.shtml">Amethyst</a>”, in <cite>Webmineral Mineralogy Database</cite>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mindat.org/min-198.html">amethyst</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindat.org" class="extiw" title="w:Mindat.org">Mindat.org</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.mindat.org">[2]</a></sup>, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, <span class="None" lang="und">2000–2024</span></span></span>.</li> <li><i>The Manual of Heraldry</i>, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16273">[3]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Welsh">Welsh</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=amethyst&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Welsh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Welsh <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cy:amethyst" class="extiw" title="w:cy:amethyst">amethyst</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cy:amethyst" class="extiw" title="w:cy:amethyst">Wikipedia <sup>cy</sup></a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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class="new" title="hamethyst (page does not exist)">hamethyst</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="font-size:85%;"><i>Note:</i> Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.<br />All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.</p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_2">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=amethyst&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">R. 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Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://welsh-dictionary.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?amethyst">amethyst</a>”, in <cite>Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online</cite> (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies</span></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=amethyst&oldid=82538883">https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=amethyst&oldid=82538883</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a 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