olivine

See also: Olivine

English

Olivine

Etymology

From olive +‎ -in, later remodelled after -ine.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒlɪviːn/

Noun

olivine (countable and uncountable, plural olivines)

(mineralogy, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 51:
  The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.

Synonyms

chrysolite

Derived terms

olivinic (adjective)
olivinitic

Translations

family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals

Catalan: olivina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 橄欖石 (zh), 橄榄石 (zh) (gǎnlǎnshí)
Esperanto: olivino
Estonian: oliviin
Finnish: oliviini
French: olivine (fr) f
Galician: olivina f
German: Olivin m
Icelandic: ólivín n

Italian: olivina (it) f
Japanese: カンラン石 (かんらんせき, kanranseki), 橄欖石 (かんらんせき, kanranseki)
Korean: 감람석 (gamnamseok)
Kurdish: olîvîn (ku) f
Navajo: tsé dootłʼizh
Portuguese: olivina f
Russian: оливи́н (ru) m (olivín)
Spanish: olivino (es)
Tagalog: olibino

See also

bluestone
olivine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

violine

French

Noun

olivine f (plural olivines)

olivine

Derived terms

olivinique

Further reading

“olivine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

olivine f

plural of olivina

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