hornblende

hornblende

English

Etymology

From German Hornblende, from Horn (“horn”) + Blende (see blende).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːnˌblɛnd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹnˌblɛnd/

Noun

hornblende (countable and uncountable, plural hornblendes)

1. (mineralogy) A green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of cooling in igneous rock.

Translations

a green to black amphibole mineral

Finnish: sarvivälke French: hornblende (fr) f German: Hornblende f Icelandic: hornblendi n Italian: orneblenda f Portuguese: horneblenda (pt) f Russian: рогова́я обма́нка (ru) f (rogovája obmánka) Spanish: hornablenda f, hornblenda f Tagalog: ornablenda

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Hornblende”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “hornblende”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

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French

Etymology

From German Hornblende.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hornblende f (plural hornblendes)

1. (mineralogy) hornblende

Further reading

• “hornblende”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

hornblende f

1. plural of hornblenda