diorite

English

Orbicular diorite from Japan

Etymology

From French diorite, invented by mineralogist Alexandre Brongniart (1770-1847), derived from Ancient Greek διορίζω (diorízō, “distinguish”), from δι- plus ὁρίζω (horízō, “to limit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.əˌɹaɪt/

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

• diorite-plagiogranitic
• dioritic
• granodiorite
• leucodiorite
• microdiorite
• quartz-diorite

 

Translations

Igneous rock

• Catalan: diorita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 閃長岩／闪长岩 (zh) (shǎnchángyán)

• Finnish: dioriitti
• French: diorite (fr) f
• German: Diorit
• Italian: diorite f
• Japanese: 閃緑岩 (ja) (せんりょくがん, senryokugan)
• Kazakh: диорит (diorit)
• Polish: dioryt m
• Portuguese: diorito m
• Russian: диори́т (ru) m (diorít)
• Spanish: diorita (es) f
• Ukrainian: діори́т m (diorýt)
• Yiddish: דיאָריט m (dyorit)

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

diorite f (uncountable)

1. (petrology) diorite

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

diorite f (plural dioriti)

1. (petrology) diorite

Anagrams

• editori, riedito, tiroide