serpentinite

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English serpentine

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.

Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der.

Latin -ītēsbor.

French -iteder.

English -ite

English serpentinite

From serpentine + -ite.

Noun

serpentinite (plural serpentinites)

1. (geology) a metamorphic rock composed of serpentine minerals formed by the hydration of ultramafic rocks

Translations

metamorphic rock

• Arabic: سربنتينيت
• Armenian: սերպենտինիտ (hy) (serpentinit)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蛇紋岩 / 蛇纹岩 (se⁴ man⁴ ngaam⁴)

  Mandarin: 蛇紋岩 / 蛇纹岩 (zh) (shéwényán)

• Finnish: serpentiniitti (fi)
• French: serpentinite (fr) f
• German: Serpentinit
• Italian: serpentinite f
• Japanese: 蛇紋岩 (じゃもんがん, jamongan)
• Kazakh: серпентинит (serpentinit), жылантас (jylantas)
• Portuguese: serpentinito m
• Russian: серпентини́т (ru) m (serpentinít)
• Spanish: serpentinita (es) f

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• serpentinita (Brazil)

Noun

serpentinite f (plural serpentinites) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. alternative form of serpentinito