obsidian

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) A type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes.
2. (uncountable, usually) A slightly bluish black, the color of obsidian glass.

Adj

Black.

Conceptos

obsidiana

obsidiano

Sinónimos

flint

bloodletter

mountain mahogany

broken glass

Iceland agate

hyalopsite

Traducciones

obsidienne

ossidiana

Obsidian

obsidiana

obsidiana

obsidiaan

lavaglas

Obsidienne

οψιάνος

οψιδιανός

حجر السج

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˌɒbˈsɪd.i.ən/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Latin obsidianus; named after Obsidius, who was, according to Pliny, the Roman who discovered the stone in Aethiopia.