diorite

English

Orbicular diorite from Japan

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French diorite (see below).

Noun

diorite (countable and uncountable, plural diorites)

1. (petrology) A grey intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase feldspar, biotite, hornblende and/or pyroxene.

Derived terms

• dioritic
• granodiorite
• microdiorite

Translations

Igneous rock

• Catalan: diorita f
• Finnish: dioriitti
• French: diorite (fr) f
• German: Diorit
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: diorite f
• Japanese: 閃緑岩 (ja) (せんりょくがん, senryokugan)
• Russian: диори́т (ru) m (diorít)
• Spanish: diorita f

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French

Etymology

Invented by mineralogist Alexandre Brongniart (1770-1847), derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek διορίζω (diorízō, “distinguish”), from δι- plus ὁρίζω (horízō, “to limit”).

Noun

diorite f (uncountable)

1. (petrology) diorite

Further reading

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

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Italian

Noun

diorite f (plural dioriti)

1. (petrology) diorite

Anagrams

• editori, riedito, tiroide