dunite

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English

small volcanic bomb of (black) basanite with (green) dunite

Etymology

Named after Dun Mountain near Nelson, New Zealand, +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈduːˌnaɪt/, /ˈdʌnˌaɪt/

Noun

dunite (countable and uncountable, plural dunites)

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  1. A type of igneous rock with a coarse-grained or phaneritic texture.

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Italian

Etymology

Named after the Dun Mountain near the city of Nelson in New Zealand's South Island. Derived from Dun +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duˈni.te/
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Hyphenation: du‧nì‧te

Noun

dunite f (plural duniti)

  1. (petrology) dunite

Further reading

  • dunite on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
  • dunite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • dunite in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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Verb

dunite (Cyrillic spelling дуните)

  1. second-person plural imperative of dunuti