igneous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɪɡ.ni.əs/
Etymology
From Latin igneus (“fiery”). By surface analysis, Latin ign- + -eous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
The stone had an igneous appearance.
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(not-comparable) Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.
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.
1835, Charles Lyell, chapter V, in Principles of Geology […] , 4th edition, volume III, London: John Murray, Book IV, page 385:Granite and basalt are igneous rocks.
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Deriveds
igneousness · igneously · large igneous province · igneous rock
Translations (37)
pa ਆਤਸ਼ੀ (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · cs ohnivý (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · hi आग्नेय (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · fr igné (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · pa ਆਤਸ਼ੀ (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · ca igni (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · it igneo (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · ga adhantach (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · ru пироге́нный (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · fi tuli- (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · it igneo (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · ru огнево́й (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · hu tüzes (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · fr igné (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · el πύρινος (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · hu vulkáni (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · scn ìgniu (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · fi tulinen (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · cmn 火成的 (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · ru о́гненный (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · el πυριγενής (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · fr magmatique (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · cmn 火成的 (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · pt ígneo (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · scn ìgniu (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · ga bruthach (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · hi आग्नेय (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · ca igni (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · pt ígneo (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · de vulkanisch (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · fi tuliperäinen (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · ru вулкани́ческого происхожде́ния (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · es ígneo (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · de eruptiv (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) · cs žhnoucí (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · cs žhavý (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) · es ígneo (pertaining to, having the nature of fire)