obsidian
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English
Etymology
From Latin obsidianus; named after Obsidius, who was, according to Pliny, the Roman who discovered the stone in Aethiopia.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɒbˈsɪd.i.ən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US, also) IPA(key): /əbˈsɪd.i.ən/
- Rhymes: -ɪdiən
Noun
obsidian (usually uncountable, plural obsidians)
- (mineralogy) A type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes.
- Synonym: obby
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 130:
- The Neolithic culture from 8000 to 6000 B.C., however, was a brilliant period of the revival of crafts, the transformation of gathering into gardening, the growth of a cross-cultural obsidian trade, and the rise of towns.
- A slightly bluish black, the color of obsidian glass.
- obsidian:
Hyponyms
Translations
a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
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Adjective
obsidian (comparative more obsidian, superlative most obsidian)
- (poetic) Black.
- 1975, “Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street)”, in Nighthawks at the Diner, performed by Tom Waits:
- Looks like a yellow biscuit of a buttery cue ball moon / Rolling maverick across an obsidian sky
Translations
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Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
obsidian c or n (singular definite obsidianen or obsidianet, not used in plural form)
Further reading
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch obsidiaan, from Latin obsidianus.
Pronunciation
Noun
obsidian (plural obsidian-obsidian)
- (geology) obsidian
- Synonyms: batu kaca, batu kendan
Further reading
- “obsidian” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French obsidiane, from Latin obsidiana.
Noun
obsidian n (plural obsidiane)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | obsidian | obsidianul | obsidiane | obsidianele | |
| genitive-dative | obsidian | obsidianului | obsidiane | obsidianelor | |
| vocative | obsidianule | obsidianelor | |||
Further reading
- “obsidian”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
Swedish
Noun
obsidian c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | obsidian | obsidians |
| definite | obsidianen | obsidianens | |
| plural | indefinite | obsidianer | obsidianers |
| definite | obsidianerna | obsidianernas |