la
feminine
/xoʝeˈɾia/
#4388 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
jewellery; jeweller's shop
Word origin
From joya ('jewel') plus the suffix -ería (denoting a shop or trade). Joya comes, through Old French joie, from Latin gaudium ('joy'). The same root gives English 'jewel'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- gaudium
- English cognates
- jewel, joy
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluraljoyerías
Examples
.
She bought the ring at a jeweller's in the centre.
.
The old jewellery is passed down from mother to daughter.
escaparate brillaban .
The watches sparkled in the jeweller's window.
regalaron valiosa.
They gave her a very valuable piece of jewellery.
¿ ?
Do you know where there is a jeweller's around here?
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueThis word is part of lesson 88.