basalt

See also: Basalt

English

A basalt rock.

Etymology

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”).[1]

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Pronunciation

  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbæsɒlt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbæsəlt/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbasɔːlt/, IPA(key): /ˈbas(ə)lt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bəˈsɑːlt/, IPA(key): /ˈbeɪsɔːlt/
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  • Hyphenation: bas‧alt

Noun

basalt (countable and uncountable, plural basalts)

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

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

  • flood basalt

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ↑ Beekes (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Ancient Greek 203; Erman & Grapow (1971) Worterbuch der aegyptischen Sprache, 471

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”)

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [paˈsal̥t]

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

Declension of basalt (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative basalt basaltið
accusative basalt basaltið
dative basalti basaltinum
genitive basalts basaltsins

Synonyms

Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”)

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Noun

basalt m (genitive singular basailt)

  1. (mineralogy) basalt

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
basalt bhasalt mbasalt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”)

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Noun

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

  1. basalt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”)

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Noun

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

  1. basalt
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