different between dolomite vs basalt

English

Etymology

From French dolomite, coined March 1792 by Nicolas de Saussure, named after French mineralogist and engineer Déodat de Dolomieu (1750–1801) who described the stone in 1791 by adding -ite, from place name Dolomieu, Isère.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?do?l.??ma?t/, /?d?l.??ma?t/

Noun

dolomite (countable and uncountable, plural dolomites)

1. (mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of a mixed calcium and magnesium carbonate, with the chemical formula CaMg(CO₃)₂; it also exists as the rock dolostone.

   Synonym: magnesian limestone

Derived terms

• dolomite rock
• dolomitic
• dolostone
• Dolomites

Translations

See also

• Dolomites

References

Further reading

• dolomite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.l?.mit/

Noun

dolomite f (plural dolomites)

1. dolomite

Further reading

• “dolomite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

dolomite f (plural dolomiti)

1. (mineralogy) dolomite

Anagrams

• demolito

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