obsidian

See also: Obsidian

English

Etymology

From Latin obsidianus

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɒbˈsɪd.i.ən/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑbˈsɪdi.ən/

Noun

obsidian (usually uncountable, plural obsidians)

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

Derived terms

snowflake obsidian

Translations

a type of black glass produced by volcanoes

Armenian: վանակատ (vanakat)
Catalan: obsidiana f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑曜岩 (hēiyàoyán)
Czech: obsidián m
Danish: obsidian c, n
Dutch: lavaglas, obsidiaan
Esperanto: obsidiano
Finnish: obsidiaani, laavalasi
French: obsidienne (fr) f
Georgian: ობსიდიანი (obsidiani)
German: Obsidian (de) m
Greek: οψιδιανός (el) m (opsidianós)
Hindi: ज्वालाकाच (jvālākāc)
Hungarian: obszidián (hu)
Icelandic: hrafntinna (is) f
Ido: obsidiano (io)

Italian: ossidiana (it) f
Japanese: 黒曜石 (ja) (kokuyōseki)
Korean: 흑요석 (heugyoseok)
Maori: tūhua, matā, matā tūhua
Nahuatl: itztli (nah)
Navajo: noolyínii
Polish: obsydian (pl) m
Portuguese: obsidiana f
Romanian: obsidian (ro) n
Russian: обсидиа́н (ru) m (obsidián)
Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
Serbo-Croatian: opsidijan (sh) m
Spanish: obsidiana (es) f
Swedish: obsidian (sv) c
Tagalog: obsidiyana
Vietnamese: đá vỏ chai
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Adjective

obsidian (comparative more obsidian, superlative most obsidian)

(poetic) black

Translations

poetic: black

Dutch: obsidiaan
Latvian: obsidiāns m

Spanish: obsidiano m

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Translations to be checked

Japanese: 黒曜石 (こくようせき, kokuyōseki)

Korean: 흑요석 (heugyoseog)

Anagrams

anobiids

Romanian

Noun

obsidian n (plural obsidiane)

obsidian

Swedish

Noun

obsidian c

obsidian

Declension

Declension of obsidian
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	obsidian	obsidianen	obsidianer	obsidianerna
Genitive	obsidians	obsidianens	obsidianers	obsidianernas

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