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dacite
English
Etymology
From German Dazit, from Latin D?cia (“greater Romania”). First used in 1863 by Austrian geologists Franz von Hauer and Guido Stache, in a description of the geology of Transylvania.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?de?sa?t/
Noun
dacite (plural dacites)
- (geology) An igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content.
Derived terms
- dacitic
Translations
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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)
- (mineralogy) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- (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)
- (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)
- 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)
- basalt
Derived terms
- basaltisk
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