basalto

Basque

Noun

basalto inan

1. basalt

Declension

Declension of basalto (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	basalto	basaltoa	basaltoak	basaltook
ergative	basaltok	basaltoak	basaltoek	basaltook
dative	basaltori	basaltoari	basaltoei	basaltooi
genitive	basaltoren	basaltoaren	basaltoen	basaltoon
comitative	basaltorekin	basaltoarekin	basaltoekin	basaltookin
causative	basaltorengatik	basaltoarengatik	basaltoengatik	basaltoongatik
benefactive	basaltorentzat	basaltoarentzat	basaltoentzat	basaltoontzat
instrumental	basaltoz	basaltoaz	basaltoez	basaltootaz
innesive	basaltotan	basaltoan	basaltoetan	basaltootan
locative	basaltotako	basaltoko	basaltoetako	basaltootako
allative	basaltotara	basaltora	basaltoetara	basaltootara
terminative	basaltotaraino	basaltoraino	basaltoetaraino	basaltootaraino
directive	basaltotarantz	basaltorantz	basaltoetarantz	basaltootarantz
destinative	basaltotarako	basaltorako	basaltoetarako	basaltootarako
ablative	basaltotatik	basaltotik	basaltoetatik	basaltootatik
partitive	basaltorik	—	—	—
prolative	basaltotzat	—	—	—

Galician

Noun

basalto m (plural basaltos)

1. basalt

Derived terms

• basáltico

Further reading

• “basalto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

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^(key): /baˈzal.to/
• Rhymes: -alto
• Hyphenation: ba‧sàl‧to

Noun

basalto m (plural basalti)

1. (mineralogy) basalt

Derived terms

• basaltico

Further reading

• basalto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈzaw.tu/ [baˈzaʊ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈzaw.tu/ [baˈzaʊ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈzaw.to/ [baˈzaʊ̯.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈzal.tu/ [bɐˈzaɫ.tu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -altu, (Brazil) -awtu
• Hyphenation: ba‧sal‧to

Noun

basalto m (plural basaltos)

1. basalt (hard rock)

Derived terms

• basáltico

Further reading

• “basalto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “basalto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “basalto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin basaltes, a misspelling of basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈsalto/ [baˈsal̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -alto
• Syllabification: ba‧sal‧to

Noun

basalto m (plural basaltos)

1. basalt (hard rock)

Derived terms

• basáltico

Descendants

• → Tagalog: basalto

Further reading

• “basalto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basalto, from Latin basaltes, a misspelling of basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”)

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈsalto/ [bɐˈsal.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -alto
• Syllabification: ba‧sal‧to

Noun

basalto (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. (geology) basalt

   Synonym: batong-bakal

Anagrams

• altabos, balasto