phonolite

English

An aegirine phonolite stone

Etymology

From phono- +‎ -lite, from the metallic sound when it is hit.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊ.nəˌlaɪt/

Noun

phonolite (countable and uncountable, plural phonolites)

1. (mineralogy) A light-coloured rock of volcanic origin composed mostly of alkali feldspars.
   • 2017 January, Kate Wong, “Monkeys Make Stone ‘Tools’ That Bear a Striking Resemblance to Early Human Artifacts”, in Scientific American‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Springer Nature America, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 December 2016:

     The Lomekwi tools are far larger and are made of basalt and phonolite—rocks that are denser than the quartz and quartzite rocks the capuchins use.

Synonyms

• clinkstone

Derived terms

• phonolitic

Translations

light-coloured rock

• Finnish: fonoliitti
• Japanese: 響岩 (ja) (きょうがん, kyōgan)
• Romanian: fonolit n

Anagrams

• in the loop, lithopone

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Agen)):

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Noun

phonolite m (plural phonolites)

1. phonolite

Further reading

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