different between obsidian vs itself

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

English

Etymology

From it +? -self.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?s?lf/
• Rhymes: -?lf

Pronoun

itself (the third person singular, neuter, personal pronoun, the reflexive form of it, masculine himself, feminine herself, plural themselves)

1. (reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

   The door closed by itself

2. (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate

   The door itself is quite heavy.

3. (emphatic, archaic) it; used to refer back to an earlier subject

Synonyms

• itsself (obsolete)

Derived terms

• in-itselfness
• thing-in-itself

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• filets, fistle, fliest, flites, stifle