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

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbæs.ɒlt/, /ˈbæs.əlt/, /ˈbæs.ɔːlt/
    • Audio (UK); /ˈbæs.ɒlt/:(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /bəˈsɔlt/, /ˈbæs.ɔlt/, /ˈbeɪˌsɔlt/
    • Audio (US); /bəˈsɔlt/:(file)
    • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bəˈsɑlt/, /ˈbæs.ɑlt/, /ˈbeɪˌsɑlt/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbæs.ɑlt/
  • Rhymes: -æsɒlt, -æsəlt, -æsɔːlt
  • 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.

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Translations

References

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

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin basaltes.

Pronunciation

Noun

basalt m (plural basalts)

  1. basalt

Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːˈzɑlt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧salt
  • Rhymes: -ɑlt

Noun

basalt n (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. basalt (type of igneous rock)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: basal

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) basalt

Declension

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, uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) basalt

Declension

Declension of basalt (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative basalt
vocative a bhasailt
genitive basailt
dative basalt
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an basalt
genitive an bhasailt
dative leis an mbasalt
don bhasalt

Mutation

Mutated forms of basalt
radical lenition eclipsis
basalt bhasalt mbasalt

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “basalt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “basalt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

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

Derived terms

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

Derived terms

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