a hard stone that is usually green and is used in making jewellery and beautiful objects 玉；翡翠；碧玉 a jade necklace 翡翠项链
objects made of jade 玉制品；玉器 a collection of Chinese jade 一批中国玉器
- (also jade green)
a bright green colour 翡翠色；绿玉色 More Like This Colour compoundsColour compoundsTopics Colours and Shapesc2
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).