arkose

English

Arkose with grains of K-feldspar (pinkish-orangish) and quartz (gray)

Etymology

Borrowed from French arkose.

Noun

arkose (countable and uncountable, plural arkoses)

1. (geology) An arenite sandstone consisting of at least 25% feldspar grains.

Derived terms

• arkosic

Translations

feldspathic arenite sandstone

• Catalan: arcosa f
• Czech: arkóza f
• Finnish: arkoosihiekkakivi, arkoosi
• German: Arkose (de) f
• Polish: arkoza (pl) f
• Portuguese: arcose f
• Spanish: arcosa f

Anagrams

• Koreas, Kosrae, resoak, soaker

French

Etymology

Coined by Alexandre Brogniart, of unclear etymology but perhaps an alteration of Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.koz/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

arkose f (plural arkoses)

1. (geology) arkose

Further reading

• “arkose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [¹ˈɑˑrkoːsʲɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɑˑrkoːsʲɛ
• Syllabification: ár‧ko‧se

Noun

arkose f

1. locative plural of arka