igneous

English

Etymology

From Latin igneus (“fiery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɡ.ni.əs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: ig‧ne‧ous

Adjective

igneous (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.

   The stone had an igneous appearance.

2. (geology) Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.

   Granite and basalt are igneous rocks.

   • 1835, Charles Lyell, chapter V, in Principles of Geology […] , 4th edition, volume III, London: John Murray, Book IV, page 385:

     All formations, whether igneous or aqueous, which can be shown by any such proofs to be of a date posterior to the introduction of man, will be called Recent.

Coordinate terms

• sedimentary, metamorphic

Derived terms

• igneously
• igneousness
• igneous rock
• large igneous province

Translations

pertaining to, having the nature of fire

Catalan: igni (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 火成的 (huǒchéng de) Finnish: tulinen (fi), tuli- (fi) French: igné (fr) Greek: πυριγενής (el) (pyrigenís) Hindi: आग्नेय (hi) (āgney) Hungarian: tüzes (hu) Irish: adhantach Italian: igneo (it) Portuguese: ígneo (pt) Punjabi: ਆਤਸ਼ੀ (pa) (ātaśī) Russian: о́гненный (ru) (ógnennyj), огнево́й (ru) (ognevój) Sicilian: ìgniu m Spanish: ígneo (es)

resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat

Catalan: igni (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 火成的 (huǒchéng de) Finnish: tuliperäinen (fi) French: igné (fr), magmatique (fr) German: eruptiv (de), vulkanisch (de) Greek: πύρινος (el) (pýrinos) Hindi: आग्नेय (hi) (āgney) Hungarian: vulkáni (hu) Irish: bruthach Italian: igneo (it) Portuguese: ígneo (pt) Punjabi: ਆਤਸ਼ੀ (pa) (ātaśī) Russian: пироге́нный (ru) (pirogénnyj), вулкани́ческого происхожде́ния (vulkaníčeskovo proisxoždénija) Sicilian: ìgniu Spanish: ígneo (es)

Further reading

• igneous rock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia