dacite

English

Etymology

From German Dazit, from Latin Dācia (“greater Romania”). First used in 1863 by Austrian geologists Franz von Hauer and Guido Stache, in a description of the geology of Transylvania.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪsaɪt/

Noun

dacite (plural dacites)

1. (geology) An igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content.

Derived terms

• dacitic

Translations

an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content

• Basque: dazita
• Catalan: dacita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 英安岩 (yīng'ānyán)

• Czech: dacit m
• Danish: dacit
• Dutch: daciet (nl) f
• Estonian: datsiit
• Finnish: dasiitti
• French: dacite (fr) f
• German: Dazit m
• Hungarian: dácit (hu)
• Italian: dacite f
• Japanese: デイサイト (deisaito)
• Korean: 데이사이트 (deisaiteu)
• Norwegian: dacitt
• Polish: dacyt
• Portuguese: dacito m
• Russian: дацит (ru) (dacit)
• Serbo-Croatian: дацит
• Slovak: dacit
• Spanish: dacita (es) f
• Swedish: dacit
• Ukrainian: дацит (dacyt)

French

Noun

dacite f (plural dacites)

1. dacite