"porphyry" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɔɹ.fɪ.ɹi/, /ˈpɔɹ.fə.ɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-porphyry.wav Forms: porphyries [plural]
Etymology: From Old French porfire, from Ancient Greek πορφυρίτης λίθος (porphurítēs líthos, “purple stone”), from πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple-fish, purple dye”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|porfire}} Old French porfire, {{der|en|grc|πορφυρίτης λίθος||purple stone}} Ancient Greek πορφυρίτης λίθος (porphurítēs líthos, “purple stone”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} porphyry (countable and uncountable, plural porphyries)
  1. (geology) A hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology, Rocks
    Sense id: en-porphyry-en-noun-PAmtCSPX Disambiguation of Rocks: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  2. (geology) A hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix.
    A purple-red rock of this kind.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology, Rocks
    Sense id: en-porphyry-en-noun-TSqzdL5i Disambiguation of Rocks: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: porphyrogenite → porphyrogenitism, porphyrogeniture, porphyrous, porphyry shell

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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