diamante
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diamante¹
- /daɪəˈmɒnti/ UK
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French diamanté (“adorned with diamonds”). From past participle of diamanter (“adorn with diamonds”), from diamant (“diamond”), from oblique stem of Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “hard metal, diamond”).
noun diamantes
- An artificial diamond used as adornment, such as a rhinestone. She carries a diamanté evening bag and a blue chiffon handkerchief round her wrist. She also wears a necklace of seed pearls and a pendant.
- A diamante poem.
adjective more diamante · most diamante
- Covered in diamante decorations. An organist wigged out like Rick Wakeman, the diamante lapels of Humza Yousaf’s kilt jacket sparkled, and out in the Mall, the procession began.
- Shiny or iridescent, as if covered in or made of diamonds.
Diamante²
proper noun
- A city and department in Entre Ríos province, Argentina.
- A river in Mendoza province, Argentina.
- A municipality in the state of Paraíba, Brazil.
- A coastal town and comune in Cosenza province, Calabria, Italy.
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