jade
noun /dʒeɪd/
/dʒeɪd/
[uncountable]- a hard stone that is usually green and is used in making jewellery and beautiful objects
- a jade necklace
- objects made of jade
- a collection of Chinese jade
- (also jade green)a bright green colourMore Like This Colour compoundsColour compoundsTopics Colours and Shapesc2
- baby blue
- china-blue
- cobalt blue
- electric blue
- ice-blue
- midnight blue
- navy blue
- peacock blue
- petrol blue
- powder blue
- royal blue
- sky-blue
- blood-red
- cherry red
- pillar-box red
- wine red
- bottle-green
- emerald green
- jade green
- lime green
- olive-green
- pea-green
- sea-green
- lemon yellow
- primrose yellow
- lily-white
- snow-white
- coal-black
- jet black
- pitch-black
- charcoal grey
- iron-grey
- slate-grey
- rose pink
- salmon pink
- shocking pink
- nut-brown
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French le jade (earlier l'ejade), from Spanish piedra de ijada ‘stone of the flank’ (i.e. stone for colic, which it was believed to cure).