# basalt
## English
### 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”),

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbæs.ɒlt/, /ˈbæs.əlt/, /ˈbæs.ɔːlt/
** Audio (UK); /ˈbæs.ɒlt/:(file)
* (General American) IPA: /bəˈsɔlt/, /ˈbæs.ɔlt/, /ˈbeɪˌsɔlt/
** Audio (US); /bəˈsɔlt/:(file)
** (cot–caught merger) IPA: /bəˈsɑlt/, /ˈbæs.ɑlt/, /ˈbeɪˌsɑlt/
* (Canada) IPA: /ˈbæs.ɑlt/
* Rhymes: -æsɒlt, -æsəlt, -æsɔːlt
* Hyphenation: bas‧alt

### Noun

basalt (countable and uncountable, plural basalts)
* (mineralogy) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
* A type of unglazed pottery.

#### Hypernyms

* molten rock

#### Hyponyms

* flood basalt

#### Derived terms

* alkali basalt
* basaltic
* basaltiform
* basaltine
* basaltoid
* basaltware
* metabasalt
* metabasaltic
* nonbasalt
* picrobasalt
* plateau basalt
* trachybasalt

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Beekes (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Ancient Greek 203; Erman & Grapow (1971) Worterbuch der aegyptischen Sprache, 471

### Anagrams

* Labats, Tablas, tablas, talabs

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Late Latin basaltes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bəˈzal]
* IPA: (Balearic) [bəˈzalt]
* IPA: (Valencia) [baˈzalt]

### Noun

basalt m (plural basalts)
* basalt

#### Derived terms

* basàltic

### Further reading

* “basalt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “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.

## Dutch
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːˈzɑlt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ba‧salt
* Rhymes: -ɑlt

### Noun

basalt n (uncountable)
* basalt (type of igneous rock)

#### Derived terms

* basaltblok
* basaltdijk
* basalten
* basalttalud

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: basal

## Faroese
### 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”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [paˈsal̥t]

### Noun

basalt n (genitive singular basalts, uncountable)
* (mineralogy) basalt

#### Synonyms

* blágrýti n

## Irish
### 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”)

### Noun

basalt m (genitive singular basailt)
* (mineralogy) basalt

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
basalt
vocative
a bhasailt
genitive
basailt
dative
basalt
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an basalt
genitive
an bhasailt
dative
leis an mbasalt don bhasalt :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### 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”)

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* basaltisk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### 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”)

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* basaltisk