moonstone

English

A moonstone

Etymology

From moon +‎ stone.

Pronunciation

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Noun

moonstone (countable and uncountable, plural moonstones)

1. (mineralogy) A translucent gemstone, an orthoclase feldspar, that has a pearly lustre.

Translations

translucent gemstone

• Arabic: حَجَر اَلْقَمْر m (ḥajar al-qamr)
• Catalan: pedra de lluna f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 月長石／月长石 (zh) (yuèzhǎngshí) (or yuèchángshí)

• Czech: měsíček
• Dutch: maansteen (nl) m
• Finnish: kuukivi (fi)
• French: pierre de lune (fr)
• German: Mondstein (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: σεληνίτης m (selēnítēs)

• Hindi: मुक्ता (hi) m (muktā)
• Hungarian: holdkő (hu)
• Italian: pietra di luna f, lunaria f
• Japanese: 月長石 (ja) (げっちょうせき, getchōseki)
• Kazakh: айтас (aitas)
• Korean: 월장석(月長石) (woljangseok)
• Polish: kamień księżycowy m
• Portuguese: pedra da Lua f
• Russian: лу́нный ка́мень (ru) m (lúnnyj kámenʹ)
• Spanish: piedra de luna (es) f
• Swedish: månsten (sv)
• Thai: มุกดา (th) (múk-daa)
• Welsh: lloerfaen m

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