different between basalt vs obsidian

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

English

Etymology

From Latin obsidianus

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??b?s?d.i.?n/
• (US, also) IPA^(key): /?b?s?d.i.?n/

Noun

obsidian (usually uncountable, plural obsidians)

1. (mineralogy) A type of black glass produced by volcanoes.

Derived terms

• snowflake obsidian

Translations

Adjective

obsidian (comparative more obsidian, superlative most obsidian)

1. (poetic) black

Translations

Anagrams

• anobiids

Romanian

Etymology

From French obsidiane, from Latin obsidiana.

Noun

obsidian n (plural obsidiane)

1. obsidian

Declension

Swedish

Noun

obsidian c

1. obsidian

Declension