sandstone

Signification (Anglais)

A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.

Concepts

Synonymes

Traductions

piedra arenisca

gres

kumtaşı

αμμόλιθος

αμμόπετρα

marès

pedra arenosa

Fréquence

30k
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈsændˌstəʊn/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle English sandston, from Old English *sandstān, from Proto-West Germanic *sandastain (“sandstone, chisel, gravel”), equivalent to sand + stone. Cognate with West Frisian sânstien (“sandstone”), Saterland Frisian Soundsteen (“sandstone”), Dutch zandsteen (“sandstone”), German Low German Sandsteen (“sandstone”), German Sandstein (“sandstone”), Danish sandsten (“sandstone”), Swedish sandsten (“sandstone”), Icelandic sandsteinn (“sandstone”).

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