esquist

Meaning

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

Concepts

schist

shale

Translations

esquisto

xisto

schiste

scisto

pizarra

schist

Glimmerschiefer

Folhelho

şist

شيست

şeyl

Tonschiefer

ardoise

micaschiste

schistus

Pronounced as (IPA)

[əsˈkist]

Etymology

Borrowed from French: 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”).