git

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (feminine, neuter) lignite
2. (feminine, neuter) jet (black, gemstone-like geological material)
3. (feminine, masculine, neuter) a stone made of this material

Synoniemen

gagaat

bergwas

Vertalingen

Gagatkohle

jet

azeviche

jais

Jett

γαγάτης

ambra nera

gagate

gagates

jaiet

gagata

azabache

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle Dutch git, get, from Latin gagātēs (likely by way of Old French get, jaiet), from Ancient Greek γαγᾱ́της (gagā́tēs), possibly from Γάγας (Gágas, “a town and river in Lycia”). Doublet of gagaat.