sapphire

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Like many gemstones, the sapphire is assigned as a birthstone.

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  1. noun A clear hard variety of corundum used as a gemstone that is usually blue but may be any color except red.
  2. noun A corundum gem.
  3. noun The blue color of a gem sapphire.
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  1. Middle English saphir, from Old French safir, from Latin sapphīrus, from Greek sappheiros, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew sappîr, a precious stone.

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  1. Early modern English also saphir; from Middle English saphir, saphyre, safir, safyre, saffer, from Old French saphir, saphyr, safir, French saphir = Provencal saphir, safier, safir = Spanish zafir, záfiro = Portuguese saphira, safira = Italian zaffiro, sapphire, from Latin sapphirus (also sappir, Late Latin also sapphir, from Hebrew), Middle Latin also saffirus, safirus, from Greek σάπφειρος, sapphire, or more prob. lapis lazuli, from Hebrew sappīr = Arabic çafīr (later Persian saffīr), sapphire.
 

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/ˈsæfaɪr/
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