andesite

See also: andésite

English

Etymology

From Andes +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæn.dɪˌsaɪt/, /ˈæn.dəˌsaɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

andesite (countable and uncountable, plural andesites)

(geology) Any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock, of volcanic origin, containing mostly plagioclase feldspar.

Derived terms

Translations

any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock

Chinese:
Mandarin: 安山岩 (zh) (ānshānyán)
Esperanto: andezito
Finnish: andesiitti
French: andésite (fr) f
German: Andesit (de) m
Greek: ανδεσίτης (el) m (andesítis)
Indonesian: andesit (id)
Italian: andesite m
Japanese: 安山岩 (ja) (anzangan)
Māori: kōkawa
Polish: andezyt (pl) m
Portuguese: andesito (pt) m, andesita f, andesite f
Russian: андези́т (ru) m (andezít)
Turkish: andezit (tr)

Italian

Noun

andesite m (plural andesiti)

(geology) andesite

Anagrams

desiante, desinate, diesante

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.deˈzi.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.deˈzi.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.dɨˈzi.tɨ/

Hyphenation: an‧de‧si‧te

Noun

andesite f (plural andesites) (European Portuguese spelling)

alternative form of andesito

Further reading

“andesite”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026