basalt

Meaning

basalt (type of igneous rock)

Concepts

basalt

whimstone

volcanic rock

Translations

Basalt

basalte

basalto

basalto

basalto

basalt

bazalt

Säulenstein

βασάλτης

بَازٰلْت

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baːˈzɑlt/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: basalte

In summary

Borrowed from French basalte, from Middle French basalte, from Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”).