Jade

See also: jade, jáde, jäde, and jadę

English

Etymology

From the precious stone jade; taken into general use in the 1970s.

Proper noun

Jade

  1. A female given name.
    • 2010 Joanne Harris, blueeyedboy, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 102:
      Emily. Em-il-y, three syllables, like a knock on the door of destiny. Such an odd, old-fashioned name, compared to those Kylies and Traceys and Jades — names that reeked of Impulse and grease and stood out in gaudy neon colours —

Translations

Descendants

  • Cebuano: Jade
  • Mandarin: 杰德 (jie de)
  • Japanese: ジェイド (jeido)

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Jade, from English jade. As a male given name, often, from confusion or misptonunciation of Jed.

Proper noun

Jade

  1. a female given name
  2. a male given name

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Jade.


Finnish

Etymology

From jade (jade), in imitation of English usage. First recorded as a Finnish given name in the 1970s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑde/, [ˈjɑde̞]
  • Hyphenation: Ja‧de

Proper noun

Jade

  1. A female given name.
    • 2016 Niina Hakalahti, Lumilinna, Karisto, →ISBN, pages 84, 122:
      - Kyllä mä tiedän, että Jade ja Jeri on kamalat nimet. Eikä Emma ole yksinhuoltajana aina jaksanut olla ihan niin looginen kuin olisi pitänyt.
      ( - - - )
      -- No just niillä sen ennustuksilla. Mutta mä en nyt halua puhua niistä sen enempää. Jadesta tulee varmaan samanlainen, sillä on jo nyt tapana katsoa toisen läpi, huomasitko silloin Kemissä?
      Sami ei ollut kiinnittanyt huomiota kumpaankaan lapseen erityisesti, muutoin kuin vain huonon käytöksen osalta.
      - Jadehan on hyvä nimi ennustajalle.

Declension

Inflection of Jade (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative Jade Jadet
genitive Jaden Jadejen
partitive Jadea Jadeja
illative Jadeen Jadeihin
singular plural
nominative Jade Jadet
accusative nom. Jade Jadet
gen. Jaden
genitive Jaden Jadejen
Jadeinrare
partitive Jadea Jadeja
inessive Jadessa Jadeissa
elative Jadesta Jadeista
illative Jadeen Jadeihin
adessive Jadella Jadeilla
ablative Jadelta Jadeilta
allative Jadelle Jadeille
essive Jadena Jadeina
translative Jadeksi Jadeiksi
instructive Jadein
abessive Jadetta Jadeitta
comitative Jadeineen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒad/

Proper noun

Jade

  1. A female given name from the noun jade, popular in the 2000s.

Anagrams


German

Etymology

From French jade (jade), error for earlier l'ejade (jade), from Spanish piedra de ijada (flank stone), from Vulgar Latin *iliata, from Latin ilia (flank) (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjaːdə/
  • Rhymes: -aːdə
  • Hyphenation: Ja‧de

Noun

Jade m or f (genitive Jades or Jade, plural Jaden)

  1. (uncountable) jade (gem)
  2. (countable) an artifact made of jade

Declension

Gemstone
Artifact

Synonyms

  • (gem): Jadeit, Nephrit, Chloromelanit
  • (jade artifact): Jadeobjekt

Derived terms

References

  • Jade in Duden online
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