sílex

Borrowed from Latin silex (“pebble, flint”). Doublet of sílice.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsi.ləks]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsi.leks]

sílex m (plural sílexs)

1. flint

• “sílex”, 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

• sílice

Borrowed from Latin silex.

• Hyphenation: sí‧lex

sílex m or (rare) f (invariable)

1. flint (hard, fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck)

   Synonym: pederneira

• silício

Borrowed from Latin silex.

sílex m (plural sílex)

1. flint

• “sílex”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024