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🟦 A blue-green color 💎 A blue-green stone
turquoise

turquoise

8 5.6
A blue-green stone used for making jewelry
  • noun
  • /ˈtɜrkwɔɪz/
translation icon : turquesa
  • On Anton's ring finger, the architect noticed an enormous turquoise ring.
  • turquoise necklace
  • turquoise ring

Crystal guy wearing too much turquoise now today.

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Examples

  • I put cold hands into my coat pockets and felt the piece of turquoise Julian had given me.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Looking in the mirror, Gabe slipped a turquoise-laden bola tie on over his head.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • I reached into my pocket and brought out the turquoise stone he had given me.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Maybe some nice turquoise jewelry?

    Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993)

  • He really liked this turquoise jewelry.

  • Down the hall from Carson's, there was a table with turquoise jewelry.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • In a silversmith's window, a pair of turquoise earrings caught her eye.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I still had the turquoise jewelry I'd bought in Arizona, purchased with Marzia's Visa.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Almost everywhere, whites are seen wearing turquoise rings or squash blossoms; in their homes are Navajo rugs and Pueblo pottery.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The artist chose a beautiful piece of turquoise for her new pendant.

How Blue

blue stone
  • Archaic
1 7.8
turquoise
8 5.6
teal
31 2.7

Surface Forms

turquoise singular
turquoises plural

Etymology

Turquoise the gemstone was named from a French word meaning 'Turkish' because the stone came to Europe via traders from Turkey. It is a blue-to-green mineral used as a gem, and its bright color is what later gave the name to the color 'turquoise'.