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jasper¹

  • /ˈd͡ʒæs.pə/ UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒɑː.pə/ UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/ US

Rhymes with -æspə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English jasper, jaspre, from Old French jaspre, a variant of jaspe (modern French jaspe), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).

noun jaspers

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
  2. countable, uncountable An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
  3. countable, uncountable Jasperware pottery.

verb jaspers · jaspering · jaspered

  1. transitive To decorate with, or as if with, jasper.

jasper²

  • /ˈd͡ʒæs.pə/ UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒɑː.pə/ UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/ US

Rhymes with -æspə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From the male personal name Jasper.

noun jaspers

  1. UK, West Country, colloquial A wasp.
  2. US, slang A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple. And list'nin to some big out-a-town jasper / Hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin' / Not a wholesome trottin' race, no!
  3. Appalachia A stranger.

Jasper³

  • /ˈdʒaspə/ UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒæspɚ/ US

Where it comes from

A name given to one of the Magi in a medieval European cult, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more.

proper noun Caspar · Gaspar · Casper · Kaspar · Kasper · Kosper

  1. A male given name from Old Persian. Her husband is...let me see...oh yes, he's Lord Jasper Jayne. His name sounds like the hero of a servant's novelette, but he doesn't look like that. He looks like a chucker-out in a back-street pub.
  2. A surname.
  3. One of the Magi, also known as Caspar.
  4. A town in Alberta, Canada.
  5. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Jasper National Park: a national park in Alberta, Canada.
  6. A city, the county seat of Walker County, Alabama.
  7. A small city, the county seat of Newton County, Arkansas.
  8. A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Florida.
  9. A city, the county seat of Pickens County, Georgia.
  10. A city, the county seat of Dubois County, Indiana.
  11. A city in Pipestone County and Rock County, Minnesota.
  12. A city in Jasper County, Missouri.
  13. A town in Steuben County, New York.
  14. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Ohio.
  15. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
  16. A town, the county seat of Marion County, Tennessee.
  17. A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Texas.
  18. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
  19. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Jasper Township.
  20. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Jasper County

    Similar: County of Jasper

  21. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Jasper Township

    Similar: Township of Jasper

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: prairie, park, thing, banff, dawson, parks, jaspar, chalcedony, agate, quartz, chert, flint, bloodstone, heliotrope, carnelian, sardonyx

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noun precious stone

Españoljaspe
한국어벽옥 byeogok
日本語碧玉 hekigyoku, ジャスパー jasupā
中文碧玉 bìyù
हिन्दीसूर्यकांत sūryakānt, यशब yaśab
Kiswahiliyaspa
Portuguêsjaspe
Françaisjaspe
DeutschJaspis
Italianodiaspro
Ελληνικάίασπις íaspis
Românăjasp
Русскийя́шма jášma, я́спис jáspis
العربيةيَشْب yašb, يَشْم yašm
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@misc{jasper_2026,
  title = {jasper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jasper},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}