See also: Basalt

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

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From Late Latin basaltes.

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basalt m (plural basalts)

  1. basalt

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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).

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basalt n (uncountable)

  1. basalt (type of igneous rock)

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  • Indonesian: basal

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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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basalt n (genitive singular basalts, uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) basalt

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

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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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basalt m (genitive singular basailt)

  1. (mineralogy) basalt

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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.

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

  1. basalt

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

  1. basalt

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