basalt

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”),^[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbæs.ɒlt/, /ˈbæs.əlt/, /ˈbæs.ɔːlt/

  • Audio (UK); /ˈbæs.ɒlt/:

    (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bəˈsɔlt/, /ˈbæs.ɔlt/, /ˈbeɪˌsɔlt/

  • Audio (US); /bəˈsɔlt/:

    (file)

  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /bəˈsɑlt/, /ˈbæs.ɑlt/, /ˈbeɪˌsɑlt/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈbæs.ɑlt/
• Rhymes: -æsɒlt, -æsəlt, -æsɔːlt
• Hyphenation: bas‧alt

basalt (countable and uncountable, plural basalts)

1. (mineralogy) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
2. A type of unglazed pottery.

• molten rock

• flood basalt

• Labats, Tablas, tablas, talabs

From Late Latin basaltes.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəˈzal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bəˈzalt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈzalt]

basalt m (plural basalts)

1. basalt

• “basalt”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “basalt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “basalt” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “basalt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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”).

• IPA^(key): /baːˈzɑlt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ba‧salt
• Rhymes: -ɑlt

basalt n (uncountable)

1. basalt (type of igneous rock)

• → Indonesian: basal

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

• IPA^(key): [paˈsal̥t]

basalt n (genitive singular basalts, uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) basalt

• blágrýti n

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

basalt m (genitive singular basailt)

1. (mineralogy) basalt

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “basalt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “basalt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

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

basalt m (definite singular basalten, indefinite plural basalter, definite plural basaltene)

1. basalt

• basaltisk

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

basalt m (definite singular basalten, indefinite plural basaltar, definite plural basaltane)

1. basalt

• basaltisk