basalto

Meaning

basalt (hard rock)

Concepts

basalt

whimstone

Translations

basalte

Basalt

basalto

basalto

basalt

basalt

bazalt

Säulenstein

بازلت

بَازٰلْت

βασάλτης

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baˈzaw.tu/

Etymology

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”) b-x:n-O39