cabochon

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cabochon

  • /ˌkæbəˈʃɒn/

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Borrowed from French cabochon, diminutive form of caboche (“head”), from Old French caboce, from Latin caput (“head”).

noun cabochons

  1. attributive A precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets. Thecla was […] stroking a bracelet formed like a kraken, a kraken whose tentacles wrapped the white flesh of her arm; its eyes were cabochon emeralds.

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noun polished stone

DeutschCabochon
Русскийкабошо́н kabošón

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"cabochon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cabochon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{cabochon_2026,
  title = {cabochon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cabochon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}