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basalt

English

Etymology

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek ????????? (basanít?s), from ??????? (básanos, touchstone), from Egyptian b?n (a hard stone),

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) IPA(key): /?bæs?lt/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /?bæs?lt/, /?bæs?lt/, /?bæs??lt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /b??s?lt/, /?be?s??lt/
  • Hyphenation: bas?alt

Noun

basalt (countable and uncountable, plural basalts)

  1. (mineralogy) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
  2. A type of unglazed pottery.

Hypernyms

  • molten rock

Hyponyms

  • flood basalt

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Labats, Tablas, tablas, talabs

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin basaltes.

Noun

basalt m (plural basalts)

  1. basalt

Further reading

  • “basalt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “basalt” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “basalt” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “basalt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French basalte, from Middle French basalte, from Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek ????????? (basanít?s), from ??????? (básanos, touchstone), from Egyptian b?n (a hard stone).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba??z?lt/
  • Hyphenation: ba?salt
  • Rhymes: -?lt

Noun

basalt n (uncountable)

  1. basalt (type of igneous rock)

Derived terms

  • basaltblok
  • basalten

Faroese

Etymology

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek ????????? (basanít?s), from ??????? (básanos, touchstone), from Egyptian b?n (a hard stone)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pa?sal?t]

Noun

basalt n (genitive singular basalts, uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A hard rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.

Declension

Synonyms

  • blágrýti n

Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek ????????? (basanít?s), from ??????? (básanos, touchstone), from Egyptian b?n (a hard stone)

Noun

basalt m (genitive singular basailt)

  1. (mineralogy) basalt

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • "basalt" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “basalt” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek ????????? (basanít?s), from ??????? (básanos, touchstone), from Egyptian b?n (a hard stone)

Noun

basalt m (definite singular basalten, indefinite plural basalter, definite plural basaltene)

  1. basalt

Derived terms

  • basaltisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek ????????? (basanít?s), from ??????? (básanos, touchstone), from Egyptian b?n (a hard stone)

Noun

basalt m (definite singular basalten, indefinite plural basaltar, definite plural basaltane)

  1. basalt

Derived terms

  • basaltisk

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gabbro

English

Etymology

From Italian gabbro.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??ab???/

Noun

gabbro (countable and uncountable, plural gabbros)

  1. (petrology) Originally, a kind of serpentine; now generally a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene and labradorite.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 59:
      It is known as gabbro and is thought to form the lower layer of the oceanic crust at about four kilometres depth and to comprise a layer up to six kilometres thick, making it one of the most abundant, if least recognisable, materials on earth.

Derived terms

  • gabbroid
  • gabbroic
  • leucogabbro
  • melagabbro
  • microgabbro

Translations


Italian

Etymology

Probably from Latin glaber (smooth; hairless), through an archaic meaning of "uncultivated, barren land".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??ab.bro/
  • Rhymes: -abbro
  • Hyphenation: gàb?bro

Noun

gabbro m (plural gabbri)

  1. (petrology) gabbro

References

  • gabbro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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