diabase
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French diabase, from Ancient Greek διάβασις (diábasis).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
diabase (countable and uncountable, plural diabases)
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a fine-grained igneous rock
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek διάβασις (diábasis).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
diabase f (plural diabases)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “diabase”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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