obsidian

See also: Obsidian

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin obsidianus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɒbˈsɪd.i.ən/
• IPA^(key): /ˌʌbˈsɪdi.ən/

Noun

obsidian (usually uncountable, plural obsidians)

1. (mineralogy) A type of black glass produced by volcanoes.

Derived terms

• snowflake obsidian

Translations

a type of black glass produced by volcanoes

• Armenian: վանակատ (vanakat)
• Catalan: obsidiana f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑曜岩 (hēiyàoyán)

• Czech: obsidián m
• Danish: obsidian c or n
• Dutch: lavaglas, obsidiaan (nl)
• Esperanto: obsidiano
• Finnish: obsidiaani, laavalasi
• French: obsidienne (fr) f
• Georgian: ობსიდიანი (obsidiani)
• German: Obsidian (de) m
• Greek: οψιδιανός (el) m (opsidianós)
• Hindi: ज्वालाकाच (jvālākāc)
• Hungarian: obszidián (hu)
• Icelandic: hrafntinna (is) f
• Ido: obsidiano (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ossidiana (it) f
• Japanese: 黒曜石 (ja) (kokuyōseki)
• Korean: 흑요석 (heugyoseok)
• Maori: tūhua, matā, matā tūhua
• Nahuatl: itztli (nah), citlālcuitlatl
• Navajo: noolyínii
• Polish: obsydian (pl) m
• Portuguese: obsidiana f
• Romanian: obsidian (ro) n
• Russian: обсидиа́н (ru) m (obsidián)
• Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian: opsidijan (sh) m
• Spanish: obsidiana (es) f
• Swedish: obsidian (sv) c
• Tagalog: obsidiyana
• Vietnamese: đá vỏ chai
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Adjective

obsidian (comparative more obsidian, superlative most obsidian)

1. (poetic) black

Translations

poetic: black

• Dutch: obsidiaan (nl)
• Latvian: obsidiāns m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: obsidiano m

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Japanese: 黒曜石 (こくようせき, kokuyōseki)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Korean: 흑요석 (heugyoseog)

Anagrams

• anobiids

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Romanian

Noun

obsidian n (plural obsidiane)

1. obsidian

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Swedish

Noun

obsidian c

1. obsidian

Declension

Declension of obsidian
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	obsidian	obsidianen	obsidianer	obsidianerna
Genitive	obsidians	obsidianens	obsidianers	obsidianernas