travertine

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travertine

Etymology

Travertine

From Italian travertino, earlier tivertino, from Latin tīburtīnus (“Tiburtine”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

travertine (countable and uncountable, plural travertines)

(mineralogy) A light, porous form of concretionary limestone (or calcite) deposited from solution, and sometimes quarried for building.
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 191:
  Halder stopped outside a seven-storey building sheathed in pale travertine marble.

Translations

Translations

Finnish: travertiini (fi)
French: travertin (fr) m
German: Travertin (de) m
Italian: travertino m
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Portuguese: travertino m
Spanish: travertino m
Swedish: travertin (sv) c

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Travertine”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“travertine”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

trinervate

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