trachyte

English

Etymology

From French trachyte, from Ancient Greek τρᾱχύς (trākhús, “rough”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪkʌɪt/, /ˈtɹakʌɪt/

Noun

trachyte (countable and uncountable, plural trachytes)

1. (geology) A pale igneous rock consisting mostly of potassium feldspar and plagioclase.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 52:

     The type of rock that results is often described as trachyte and contains abundant crystals of a different kind of alkali-rich feldspar, such as sanidine, rather than plagioclase.

Derived terms

• quartz-trachyte
• soda trachyte

 

Related terms

• trachytic
• trachytoid

Translations

pale igneous rock

• Dutch: trachiet (nl) n
• Finnish: trakyytti
• French: trachyte (fr) f
• German: Trachyt (de) n
• Russian: трахи́т (ru) m (traxít)
• Spanish: traquita (es) f

Anagrams

• chattery, ratchety

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

trachyte f (plural trachytes)

1. trachyte

Further reading

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