jacinthとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• iacinth, iacinct (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 jacynct, partly from Old French jacincte, and partly from 古期英語 iacinþ, both from Medieval Latin jacintus, jacinthus, from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos). Doublet of hyacinth.

発音

• IPA: /ˈd͡ʒæ.sɪnθ/, /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.sɪnθ/

名詞

jacinth (countable and uncountable, plural jacinths)

1. A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone; a hyacinth.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 21:20:

     The fift Sardonix, the sixt Sardius, the seuenth Chrysolite, the eight Beryl, the ninth a Topas, the tenth a Chrysoprasus, the eleuenth a Iacinct, the twelfth an Amethyst.

参考

• ligure