dunite

English

small volcanic bomb of (black) basanite with (green) dunite

Etymology

Named after Dun Mountain near Nelson, New Zealand, +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːˌnaɪt/, /ˈdʌnˌaɪt/

Noun

dunite (countable and uncountable, plural dunites)

1. A type of igneous rock with a coarse-grained or phaneritic texture.

Translations

rock

• Finnish: duniitti
• Italian: dunite (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: дуни́т (ru) m (dunít)
• Turkish: dünit (tr)

Anagrams

• United, unedit, united, untied

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Italian

Etymology

Named after the Dun Mountain near the city of Nelson in New Zealand's South Island.
Derived from Dun +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duˈni.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: du‧nì‧te

Noun

dunite f (plural duniti)

1. (petrology) dunite

Further reading

• dunite on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

References

• dunite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• dunite in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• udenti