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feminine

/xoʝeˈɾia/

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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?

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