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Definition sapphire

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French saphir, from Latin sapphir, sappir, sapph?rus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (sáppheiros, “precious stone, gem”), from a Semitic language (compare Hebrew ???????‎ (sapp??r)), perhaps ultimately from a non-Semitic source such as Sanskrit ???????? (?anipriya, “dark-colored stone”, literally “dear to Saturn”).

Noun

sapphire (countable and uncountable, plural sapphires)

1. (countable) A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
2. (countable and uncountable) A white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.
3. (countable and uncountable) A deep blue colour.
4. (countable) Any hummingbird in the genera Hylocharis and Chlorestes, as well as the rufous-throated sapphire, which is now in the genus Amazilia.
5. Any of the butterflies in the southern Asian lycaenid genus Heliophorus.

Adjective

sapphire (comparative more sapphire, superlative most sapphire)

1. of a deep blue colour.
2. pertaining to a 45th year

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