"obsidian" meaning in English

See obsidian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌɒbˈsɪd.i.ən/ [UK], /əbˈsɪd.i.ən/ [US, also] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-obsidian.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more obsidian [comparative], most obsidian [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪdiən Etymology: From Latin obsidianus; named after Obsidius, who was, according to Pliny, the Roman who discovered the stone in Aethiopia. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|obsidianus}} Latin obsidianus, {{m|la|Obsidius}} Obsidius Head templates: {{en-adj}} obsidian (comparative more obsidian, superlative most obsidian)
  1. (poetic) Black. Tags: poetic Categories (topical): Blacks Translations (poetic: black): obsidiaan (Dutch), obsidiāns [masculine] (Latvian), obsidiano [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-obsidian-en-adj-oykHEhiE Disambiguation of Blacks: 48 12 40

Noun

IPA: /ˌɒbˈsɪd.i.ən/ [UK], /əbˈsɪd.i.ən/ [US, also] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-obsidian.wav [Southern-England] Forms: obsidians [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪdiən Etymology: From Latin obsidianus; named after Obsidius, who was, according to Pliny, the Roman who discovered the stone in Aethiopia. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|obsidianus}} Latin obsidianus, {{m|la|Obsidius}} Obsidius Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} obsidian (usually uncountable, plural obsidians)
  1. (mineralogy) A type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Minerals, Blacks, Glass, Rocks Synonyms: obby Translations (a type of black glass produced by volcanoes): lawaglas (Afrikaans), سَبَج (sabaj) [masculine] (Arabic), վանակատ (vanakat) (Armenian), обсидиан (obsidian) [masculine] (Bulgarian), obsidiana [feminine] (Catalan), 黑曜岩 (hēiyàoyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 黑曜石 (Hēiyàoshí) (Chinese Mandarin), obsidián [masculine] (Czech), obsidian [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), lavaglas (Dutch), obsidiaan (Dutch), V31:I9-N17 (kf) [masculine] (Egyptian), obsidiano (Esperanto), obsidiaani (Finnish), laavalasi (Finnish), obsidienne [feminine] (French), ობსიდიანი (obsidiani) (Georgian), Obsidian [masculine] (German), Glasachat [masculine] (German), οψιδιανός (opsidianós) [masculine] (Greek), mākā (Hawaiian), ज्वालाकाच (jvālākāc) (Hindi), obszidián (Hungarian), hrafntinna [feminine] (Icelandic), obsidiano (Ido), obsidian (Indonesian), ossidiana [feminine] (Italian), 黒曜石 (kokuyōseki) (Japanese), 흑요석 (heugyoseok) (Korean), tūhua (Maori), matā (Maori), matā tūhua (Maori), itztli (Nahuatl), citlālcuitlatl (Nahuatl), sengwet (Nandi), noolyínii (Navajo), obsydian [masculine] (Polish), obsidiana [feminine] (Portuguese), obsidian [neuter] (Romanian), обсидиа́н (obsidián) [masculine] (Russian), opsidijan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pajii (Seri), obsidián [masculine] (Slovak), obsidiana [feminine] (Spanish), obsidian [common-gender] (Swedish), obsidiyana (Tagalog), obsidyen (Turkish), obsidiyen (Turkish), đá vỏ chai (Vietnamese), אָבסידיאַן (obsidyan) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-obsidian-en-noun-VMREsy2I Disambiguation of Blacks: 48 12 40 Disambiguation of Glass: 11 62 27 Disambiguation of Rocks: 5 87 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 75 2 Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'a type of black glass produced by volcanoes': 82 18
  2. A slightly bluish black, the color of obsidian glass. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Blacks
    Sense id: en-obsidian-en-noun-85V5pILJ Disambiguation of Blacks: 48 12 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: fire obsidian, rainbow obsidian, sheen obsidian, snowflake obsidian

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      "sense": "a type of black glass produced by volcanoes",
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