Topic: COLOURS
| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | turqueise, from turqueis 'Turkish' |
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tur‧quoise

1 [uncountable and countable]HEG a valuable greenish-blue stone or a jewel that is made from this :
turquoise earrings
turquoise earrings2 [uncountable]CC a greenish-blue colour :
The room was painted in turquoise.
The room was painted in turquoise. —turquoise adjective:
a clear turquoise sea
a clear turquoise sea