turquoise
French, noun/tyʁ.kwaz/
turquoise is spelled T-U-R-Q-U-O-I-S-E (9 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Turquoise is a French feminine noun meaning “turquoise (gemstone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pierre de couleur bleu clair à bleu-vert qui provient du phosphate hydraté d’aluminium ou de cuivre”.
What does turquoise mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineturquoise (gemstone)
noun
- 1
masculineturquoise (colour)
adjective
- 1
turquoise-colored
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pierre de couleur bleu clair à bleu-vert qui provient du phosphate hydraté d’aluminium ou de cuivre.
noun: 1. La couleur de cette pierre. #25FDE9 #1FFED8
adjective: 1. De la couleur bleu ciel à bleu-vert de la pierre du même nom. 2. En particulier, plage de couleurs de lumières attribuée aux véhicules autonomes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of turquoise
- turquoises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce turquoise?
- /tyʁ.kwaz/
- \tyʁ.kwaz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to turquoise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is turquoise in French?
turquoise appears 2.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).