esquist

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (masculine) schist
2. (masculine, proscribed) shale

Vertalings

esquisto

xisto

schiste

schist

schist

shale

Glimmerschiefer

pizarra

scisto

شيست

şeyl

Tonschiefer

ardoise

micaschiste

schistus

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[əsˈkist]

Etimologie (Engels)

Geleen van Frans: schiste

In summary

Borrowed from French schiste, from Latin schistos lapis (“the stone that is easy to split”), from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “splittable”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”).