jewel
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jewel¹
- /ˈd͡ʒuːəl/ UK
- /ˈd͡ʒuːl/ UK
- /ˈd͡ʒʊəl/ UK
- /d͡ʒul/ Canada, US
- /ˈd͡ʒuəl/ Canada, US
- /ˈd͡ʒɪu̯əl/ Wales
- /d͡ʒʉl/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /d͡ʒʉ.əl/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /dʒʋɛl/
Sounds like joule (not in Wales), duel, dual (yod-coalescence) · Rhymes with -uːl, -ʊəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale. Displaced native Old English māþm.
noun jewels
- A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
- A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery. Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.
- Anything precious or valuable. Galveston was the jewel of Texas prior to the hurricane.
- A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.
- The clitoris. The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel.
- A jewel box (optical disc container). As a collector, I prefer jewels to digipaks.
verb jewels · jeweling · jewelling · jeweled · jewelled
- To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
Jewel²
Where it comes from
From jewel.
proper noun Jewels
- A female given name from English from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th century. Jewel he called her; and he would say this as he might have said ‘Jane,’ don’t you know, with a marital, homelike, peaceful effect. I heard the name for the first time ten minutes after I had landed in his courtyard, when, after nearly shaking my arm off, he darted up the steps and began to make a j
- A male given name from English, a variant of Jewell, or from "jewel" like the female name.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gem, precious stone, stone, jewelry, centrepiece, jewellery, fork, earring, hinged, necklace, adornment, bijou, cream, gun, star, flower
Translations
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noun gemstone
| Español | joya, alhaja, alhaite, joyel |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 보석 boseok |
| 日本語 | 宝石 hōseki |
| 中文 | 寶石 /宝石 bǎoshí |
| हिन्दी | मणि maṇi, रत्न ratna, पत्थर patthar, जौहर jauhar |
| Kiswahili | johari |
| Português | joia, gema |
| Deutsch | Edelstein, Juwel |
| Italiano | gemma |
| Ελληνικά | πετράδι petrádi, πολύτιμος λίθος polýtimos líthos |
| Română | nestemată, piatră scumpă |
| Русский | драгоце́нный ка́мень dragocénnyj kámenʹ, самоцве́т samocvét |
| Tiếng Việt | đá quý |
| العربية | جَوْهَر jawhar, جَوْهَرَة jawhara |
noun valuable object for ornamentation
| Español | joya |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 보석 boseok |
| 日本語 | 宝飾 hōshoku |
| Kiswahili | johari |
| Português | joia |
| Français | joyau, bijou |
| Deutsch | Schmuckstück |
| Italiano | gioiello |
| Ελληνικά | κόσμημα kósmima |
| Română | bijuterie, giuvaier |
| Русский | драгоце́нность dragocénnostʹ |
Talk about this word "jewel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jewel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. jewel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jewel "jewel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jewel.Cite this
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title = {jewel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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