basalte
See also: Basalte
English
Noun
basalte (countable and uncountable, plural basaltes)
- Obsolete form of basalt.
Anagrams
- Labates, ablates, astable
French
Etymology
From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.zalt/
Audio (file)
Noun
basalte m (plural basaltes)
- (geology) basalt (hard rock)
Derived terms
- basaltique
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: بازالت (bazalt)
- Turkish: bazalt
Further reading
- “basalte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- ablates
- établas