neck

(geology) neck (solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano)


aa

(geology, often attributive) the surface of an aa lava flow


pellet

English pellet, itself from Old French pelote (“small ball”).


trait

Inherited from Old French trait, from Latin tractus.

(geology) color of the dust produced by a mineral


glacier

→? Catalan: glacera (calque)

→ English: glacier

→ Italian: ghiacciaio (calque)

→ New Latin: glaciārium (calque)

→ Romanian: ghețar (calque)

desctree

→ Spanish: glaciar
→ Galician: glaciar
→ Portuguese: glaciar

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal gllaciér. First attested in 1757. Cognate with German Gletscher.


gangue

A borrowing from German Gang (“way, path, trail, track, course, line, duct”).


augite

→ Romanian: augit


geyser

Borrowed from Icelandic Geyser, related to the verb geysa (“to gush”).


magma

magmas (plural)
magmat (alternative dated rare)

From Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, “paste”).


mica

Borrowed from Latin mīca. Doublet of mie and miche.


cuvette

→ English: cuvette

→ German: Küvette

→ Portuguese: cuvete

→ Romanian: chiuvetă

→ Turkish: küvet


plaque

→ Persian: پلاک (pelâk)

From Middle Dutch placken (“to patch, beat metal into a thin plate”), from placke (“disk, patch, stain”), from *Old Dutch plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“patch”).

der

(geology) plate (especially a tectonic plate)


cirque

→ Arabic: سِيرْك (sīrk)

→ Persian: سیرک (sirk)

→ English: cirque

→ Turkish: sirk


relief

→ Bulgarian: реле́ф (reléf)

→ Danish: relief

→ Polish: relief

→ Romanian: relief

→ Russian: рельеф (relʹjef)

→ Swedish: relief

→ Turkish: rölyef

Inherited from Old French, from relever.

(geography, mineralogy) relief, surface elevation


cyanose

Coined by François Sulpice Beudant, from Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuáneos).


manteau

→ English: manteau, mantua

→ Japanese: マント (manto)

→ Korean: 망토 (mangto)

→ Ottoman Turkish: مانتو (manto)

> Turkish: manto (inherited)

→ Persian: مانتو (mânto)

→ Romanian: manta, mantou

→ Russian: манто (manto)

Inherited from Latin mantellum, diminutive of mantum. Compare Italian mantello.


muscovite

→ Romanian: muscovit


moulin

Inherited from Middle French moulin, from Old French molin, from Late Latin molīnum, from the adjective molīnus, from Latin molō.


supercontinent

fr-noun

supercontinent m (plural supercontinents)

Meronym: craton


socle

→ Dutch: sokkel

→ English: socle

→ German: Sockel (see there for further descendants)

→ Portuguese: soclo

Borrowed from Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”).

bor+

(geology) basement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)


montmorillonite

fr-noun

montmorillonite f (plural montmorillonites)


faille

→ Turkish: fay


-ite

Borrowed from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ίτης (-ítēs).

pyro- (“pyro-”) + -ite → pyrite (“pyrite”)


sebkha

sebkhas (plural)
sebka (alternative)
sabkha (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic سَبْخَة (sabḵa, “salt flat”).

bor+

Les chotts ou sebkhas sont autant de lacs et d’étangs salés où l’évaporation de l’été dépose une couche de sel brut.


diopside

From Ancient Greek δίοψις (díopsis, “transparency”) + -ide.


stalactite

Borrowed from New Latin stalactites, from Ancient Greek σταλακτός (stalaktós).


stalagmite

Borrowed from New Latin stalagmites, from Ancient Greek σταλαγμός (stalagmós).


système

→ Persian: سیستم (sistem)

→ Polish: system

→ Turkish: sistem

Inherited from Middle French systeme (first attested 1552), from Late Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “organised whole, body”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).


croûte

Inherited from Middle French crouste, from Old French croste, cruste, from Latin crusta (“hard outer covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”).


Australie

Literally, “the southern land”, from Latin australis (“southern”).

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


corniche

→ Ottoman Turkish: قورنیش (korniş)

Turkish: korniş


cheminée

→ German: Cheminée

→ Persian: شومینه (šomine)

→ Romanian: șemineu

→ Turkish: şömine

From Old French cheminee, from Late Latin [camera] camīnāta, from Latin camīnus (“furnace”), from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos).
Unrelated to cheminer or chemin although an influence is possible.


smithsonite

fr-noun

smithsonite f (countable and uncountable, plural smithsonites)


noyau

Backformed from Old French noyaus, plural of noyal, from Late Latin nucālis, from Latin nux.


lité

fr-adj

lité (feminine litée, masculine plural lités, feminine plural litées)

litée (feminine)
lités (masculine plural)
litées (feminine plural)


titanite

→ Romanian: titanit


étage

→ Czech: etáž

→ Bulgarian: етаж (etaž)

→ Danish: etage

→ Dutch: etage

→ Esperanto: etaĝo

→ German: Etage

Norwegian:

→ Norwegian Bokmål: etasje

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: etasje

→ Romanian: etaj

→ Russian: этаж (etaž)

From Old French estage: ester + -age (see also stage), or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *stāticum, from Latin stāre.

Historiquement, les fossiles sont les principaux critères de définition des étages, mais cette méthode n'est pas applicable partout — et même lorsqu'elle l'est, elle est désormais souvent corrélée à d'autres indicateurs stratigraphiques : lits et bancs carbonatés ou phosphatés, susceptibilité magnétique, etc.

Historically, fossils were the principal criteria to define epochs, but this method isn't applicable for everything - and even when it is, it is from now on often correlated to other stratagraphic indicators: carbon and phosphorus beds, magnetic susceptibility, etc.

(geology) stage, division of a geological period


arkose

Coined by Alexandre Brogniart, of unclear etymology but perhaps an alteration of Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”).


chaînon

(geology) secondary range (of mountains)


jais

From Latin gagātem (“jet”), from Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs, “lignite, jet”, literally “stone of Gagas”).


glaucophane

fr-noun

glaucophane m or f (plural glaucophanes)


assise

(geology) stratum, bed, layer (layer of sedimentary rock)


chrysolite

chrysolites (plural)
chrysolithe (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin chrȳsolithus, from Ancient Greek χρυσόλιθος (khrusólithos), from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + λίθος (líthos, “rock”). See also Old French crisolite.

(obsolete) gems such as chrysoberyl, sapphire, topaz, or tourmaline (any of various gemstones with a golden, and especially greenish) tint

(mineralogy) chrysolite
peridot, prehnite, or apatite


diabase

→ English: diabase

→ Turkish: diyabaz

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διάβασις (diábasis).


puy

Inherited from Middle French puy, from Old French puy (“hill, height”), pui, from Latin podium. Its current use as a regionalism referring to certain geographic features may be taken at least in part from Franco-Provençal; cf. also Occitan puèg and Catalan puig. In Old French, it had a somewhat different or more varied set of meanings (cf. also the feminine puie, puye, poye (“balustrade”), whence English pew through Anglo-Norman), later coming to be applied to mountains and hills especially in the Auvergne region and Massif Central, the remains of extinct volcanoes. Doublet of the later borrowing podium.


bassin

→ Czech: bazén

→ Danish: bassin

→ German: Bassin

→ Lithuanian: baseinas

→ Persian: باسن

→ Polish: basen

→ Romanian: bazin

→ Russian: бассейн (bassejn)

→ Swedish: bassäng

From Middle French bassin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinus, *baccinum, probably from Gaulish.


cyprine

(mineralogy) a blue variety of vesuvianite


aven

From Occitan avenc, from Gaulish *abonā (“river”), from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). Compare Breton aven, avon.

(geology, caving) pit cave, pit (natural cave with predominantly vertical shafts)

(geology) sinkhole (US), swallow hole (UK)


éperon

Inherited from Old French esperon (also Middle French), from Frankish *spurō (compare German Sporn).

(geology) spur (mountain that shoots from another mountain or range)


éon

éons (plural)
æon (alternative obsolete)

(geology) eon (longest time period used in geology)


yttrialite

L’yttria employée provient de la gadolinite ou l’yttrialite.

1905, “Revue de métallurgie”, in Volume 2, page 593:

The yttria used comes from gadolinite or yttrialite.


druse

→ Catalan: drusa

→ Spanish: drusa


dépôt

→ Danish: depot

→? Dutch: depot

→ English: depot

→ German: Depot

→ Turkish: depo, debboy

From Old French depost, from Latin dēpositum (“deposit”, noun), also the passive participle of dēpōnere (“to deposit”). Cognate with Spanish depósito.


monoclinique

(mineralogy) monoclinic (having three unequal axes)


aalénien

fr-adj

aalénien (feminine aalénienne, masculine plural aaléniens, feminine plural aaléniennes)

aalénienne (feminine)
aaléniens (masculine plural)
aaléniennes (feminine plural)


Aalénien

(geology, paleontology) the Aalenian period


diatomite

First attested in the 20th century. Derived from diatomée + -ite.


veine

→ Vietnamese: ven

Inherited from Middle French vene, from Old French veine, from Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.


diapir

From Ancient Greek διαπειραίνω (diapeiraínō, “to pierce through”).


Pangée

(geology) Pangaea (a former supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana)


éolien

fr-adj

éolien (feminine éolienne, masculine plural éoliens, feminine plural éoliennes)

éolienne (feminine)
éoliens (masculine plural)
éoliennes (feminine plural)
æolien (alternative obsolete)


alluvion

(geology, especially in plural) alluvial deposits


déflation

desctree

→ Dutch: deflatie
→ Indonesian: deflasi
→ Malay: deflasi


grès

grès (plural)
grais (alternative archaic)
gray (alternative archaic)
grés (alternative obsolete)
grez (alternative obsolete)

From Frankish *greot (compare Old High German griez, Middle Dutch griet), from Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit, sandstone”).


phréatique

From the stem of Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well, spring”) + -ique.


érosion

→ Persian: اروزیون (eroziyon)

→ Romanian: eroziune

→ Turkish: erozyon


basalte

→ Ottoman Turkish: بازالت (bazalt)

Turkish: bazalt

→ Polish: bazalt

→ Romanian: bazalt

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian.


schiste

→ English: schist

→ Portuguese: xisto

Learned borrowing from Latin lapis schistos, from Ancient Greek σχῐστός (skhĭstós, “divisible”). First attested in the 16th century.

der

gaz de schiste

(geology) shale, schist (sedimentary rock)


marbré

(geology) a type of spar from the Pyrenees


clivage

→ Romanian: clivaj

Le clivage est la faculté d'un minéral de se rompre suivant un plan.


plombagine

Borrowed from Latin plumbaginem, as it resembled lead. Cf. also plumbago.

−La mine de crayons, de quoi est-elle faite?
−Avec de la plombagine, une pierre tendre qu'on scie en baguettes et qu'on enferme dans deux moitiés de cylindre de bois. (Colette, Cl. école, 1900)


prospecter

prospecter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
prospectant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
prospecté (participle past)
prospecte (first-person indicative present singular)
prospectes (indicative present second-person singular)
prospecte (indicative present singular third-person)
prospectons (first-person indicative plural present)
prospectez (indicative plural present second-person)
prospectent (indicative plural present third-person)
prospectais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
prospectais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
prospectait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
prospections (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
prospectiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
prospectaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
prospectai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
prospectas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
prospecta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
prospectâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
prospectâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
prospectèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
prospecterai (first-person future indicative singular)
prospecteras (future indicative second-person singular)
prospectera (future indicative singular third-person)
prospecterons (first-person future indicative plural)
prospecterez (future indicative plural second-person)
prospecteront (future indicative plural third-person)
prospecterais (conditional first-person singular)
prospecterais (conditional second-person singular)
prospecterait (conditional singular third-person)
prospecterions (conditional first-person plural)
prospecteriez (conditional plural second-person)
prospecteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
prospecte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
prospectes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
prospecte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
prospections (first-person plural present subjunctive)
prospectiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
prospectent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
prospectasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
prospectasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prospectât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prospectassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
prospectassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prospectassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prospecte (imperative second-person singular)
prospectons (first-person imperative plural)
prospectez (imperative plural second-person)

(mineralogy) prospect (to search as for gold)


spathifier

spathifier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
spathifiant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
spathifié (participle past)
spathifie (first-person indicative present singular)
spathifies (indicative present second-person singular)
spathifie (indicative present singular third-person)
spathifions (first-person indicative plural present)
spathifiez (indicative plural present second-person)
spathifient (indicative plural present third-person)
spathifiais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
spathifiais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
spathifiait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
spathifiions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
spathifiiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
spathifiaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
spathifiai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
spathifias (historic indicative past second-person singular)
spathifia (historic indicative past singular third-person)
spathifiâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
spathifiâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
spathifièrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
spathifierai (first-person future indicative singular)
spathifieras (future indicative second-person singular)
spathifiera (future indicative singular third-person)
spathifierons (first-person future indicative plural)
spathifierez (future indicative plural second-person)
spathifieront (future indicative plural third-person)
spathifierais (conditional first-person singular)
spathifierais (conditional second-person singular)
spathifierait (conditional singular third-person)
spathifierions (conditional first-person plural)
spathifieriez (conditional plural second-person)
spathifieraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
spathifie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
spathifies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
spathifie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
spathifiions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
spathifiiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
spathifient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
spathifiasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
spathifiasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
spathifiât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
spathifiassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
spathifiassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
spathifiassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
spathifie (imperative second-person singular)
spathifions (first-person imperative plural)
spathifiez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, mineralogy) to turn into spar


spath

From German Spath, an obsolete spelling of Spat (“spar”).


trachyandésite

fr-noun

trachyandésite f (plural trachyandésites)


phase éruptive

phase éruptive f (plural phases éruptives)


chambre magmatique

chambre magmatique f (plural chambres magmatiques)


fontaine de lave

fontaine de lave f (plural fontaines de lave)


diorite

Invented by mineralogist Alexandre Brongniart (1770-1847), derived from Ancient Greek διορίζω (diorízō, “distinguish”), from δι- plus ὁρίζω (horízō, “to limit”).


faujasite

From Faujas + -ite, named after Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819), French geologist, by Alexis Damour, French mineralogist in 1842.


sylvine

fr:Sylvine (minéral)
fr:Sylvine (papillon)


uvarovite

uvarovites (plural)
ouwarovite (alternative)


faciès

Learned borrowing from Latin faciēs. Doublet of face.

Et d'abord il est deux faits principaux, qui caractérisent partout les ensembles de modifications que j'appelle facies ou aspects de terrain: l'un consiste en ce que tel ou tel aspect pétrographique d'un terrain quelconque suppose nécessairement, partout où il se rencontre, le même ensemble paléontologique; l'autre, en ce que tel ou tel ensemble paléontologique exclut rigoureusement des genres et des espèces des fossiles fréquents dans d'autres facies.

1838, Amanz Gressly, “Observations géologiques sur le Jura Soleurois [Geological observations involving the Solothurn Jura]”, in Nouveau mémoires de la Société helvétique des sciences naturelles, volume 1, Neuchâtel: Buchdruckerei von Petitpierre, page 11:


baryte

barytes (plural)
barite (alternative)
barote (alternative)
barytine (alternative)


paralaurionite

fr-noun

paralaurionite f (plural paralaurionites)


zéolithe

zéolithes (plural)
zéolite (alternative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō, “to boil, to bubble”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).


catastrophisme

fr-noun

catastrophisme m (plural catastrophismes)


géophysicien

géophysicien m (plural géophysiciens, feminine géophysicienne)

géophysiciens (plural)
géophysicienne (feminine)


néphrite

→ Turkish: nefrit

From Ancient Greek νεφρῖτις (nephrîtis).


géochimiste

géochimiste m or f by sense (plural géochimistes)


géochimique

From géo- + chimique or from géochimie + -ique.


corindon

→ Catalan: corindó

/kɔ.ʁɛ̃.dɔ̃/


zéolitiser

zéolitiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
zéolitisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
zéolitisé (participle past)
zéolitise (first-person indicative present singular)
zéolitises (indicative present second-person singular)
zéolitise (indicative present singular third-person)
zéolitisons (first-person indicative plural present)
zéolitisez (indicative plural present second-person)
zéolitisent (indicative plural present third-person)
zéolitisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
zéolitisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
zéolitisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
zéolitisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
zéolitisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
zéolitisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
zéolitisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
zéolitisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
zéolitisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
zéolitisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
zéolitisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
zéolitisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
zéolitiserai (first-person future indicative singular)
zéolitiseras (future indicative second-person singular)
zéolitisera (future indicative singular third-person)
zéolitiserons (first-person future indicative plural)
zéolitiserez (future indicative plural second-person)
zéolitiseront (future indicative plural third-person)
zéolitiserais (conditional first-person singular)
zéolitiserais (conditional second-person singular)
zéolitiserait (conditional singular third-person)
zéolitiserions (conditional first-person plural)
zéolitiseriez (conditional plural second-person)
zéolitiseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
zéolitise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
zéolitises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
zéolitise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
zéolitisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
zéolitisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
zéolitisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
zéolitisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
zéolitisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
zéolitisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
zéolitisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
zéolitisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
zéolitisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
zéolitise (imperative second-person singular)
zéolitisons (first-person imperative plural)
zéolitisez (imperative plural second-person)


cassitérite

From Ancient Greek κασσίτερος (kassíteros, “tin”).


cinabre

cinabres (plural)
cinnabre (alternative obsolete)
cinobre (alternative obsolete)
cinnobre (alternative obsolete)

From Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari).


sélénite

From Séléné (“Selene, Greek moon goddess”) + -ite.


schörlite

schörlites (plural)
schorlite (alternative)


sphène

→ English: sphene

→ Romanian: sfen

Coined by René Just Haüy in 1801, Traité de minéralogie vol. 3 p. 114, after Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”).


titanomagnétite

fr-noun

titanomagnétite f (plural titanomagnétites)


subséquent

fr-adj

subséquent (feminine subséquente, masculine plural subséquents, feminine plural subséquentes)

subséquente (feminine)
subséquents (masculine plural)
subséquentes (feminine plural)


urane

(mineralogy) urania, yellowcake (uranium oxide)


sédimentologie

fr-noun

sédimentologie f (plural sédimentologies)


sidérite

(mineralogy) siderite (iron(II) carbonate)


chimiostratigraphie

chimiostratigraphie f (plural chimiostratigraphies)


chronostratigraphie

chronostratigraphie f (plural chronostratigraphies)


dolomitisé

fr-adj

dolomitisé (feminine dolomitisée, masculine plural dolomitisés, feminine plural dolomitisées)

dolomitisée (feminine)
dolomitisés (masculine plural)
dolomitisées (feminine plural)


englacé

englacé (feminine englacée, masculine plural englacés, feminine plural englacées)

englacée (feminine)
englacés (masculine plural)
englacées (feminine plural)


gélifraction

(geology) gelifraction, congeliturbation, cryoclasty


géoarchéologie

fr-noun

géoarchéologie f (plural géoarchéologies)


géochronologie

géochronologie f (plural géochronologies)


ghourd

(geology) a type of pyramidal dune found in the Sahara (a star dune)


hydrolaccolithe

hydrolaccolithe m (plural hydrolaccolithes)


lithostratigraphie

lithostratigraphie f (plural lithostratigraphies)


magnétostratigraphie

magnétostratigraphie f (plural magnétostratigraphies)


microminéralogie

microminéralogie f (plural microminéralogies)


morphotectonique

morphotectonique f (plural morphotectoniques)


sédimentation

→ Turkish: sedimantasyon


tectonophysique

tectonophysique f (plural tectonophysiques)


strier

strier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
striant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
strié (participle past)
strie (first-person indicative present singular)
stries (indicative present second-person singular)
strie (indicative present singular third-person)
strions (first-person indicative plural present)
striez (indicative plural present second-person)
strient (indicative plural present third-person)
striais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
striais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
striait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
striions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
striiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
striaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
striai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
strias (historic indicative past second-person singular)
stria (historic indicative past singular third-person)
striâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
striâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
strièrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
strierai (first-person future indicative singular)
strieras (future indicative second-person singular)
striera (future indicative singular third-person)
strierons (first-person future indicative plural)
strierez (future indicative plural second-person)
strieront (future indicative plural third-person)
strierais (conditional first-person singular)
strierais (conditional second-person singular)
strierait (conditional singular third-person)
strierions (conditional first-person plural)
strieriez (conditional plural second-person)
strieraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
strie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
stries (present second-person singular subjunctive)
strie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
striions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
striiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
strient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
striasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
striasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
striât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
striassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
striassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
striassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
strie (imperative second-person singular)
strions (first-person imperative plural)
striez (imperative plural second-person)


sparnacien

fr-adj

sparnacien (feminine sparnacienne, masculine plural sparnaciens, feminine plural sparnaciennes)

sparnacienne (feminine)
sparnaciens (masculine plural)
sparnaciennes (feminine plural)


pennine

(mineralogy) penninite (A double silicate of aluminium and magnesium)


rimaye

→ Catalan: rimaia

→ English: rimaye

From Franco-Provençal (Savoy) rimaye (“split, glacier crevasse”), from Latin rimari (“crack, split, open, search”).

uder

(geology) a crevasse at the upper end of a mountain glacier


antilogue

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντίλογος (antílogos, “contradictory, reverse”), from ἀντιλέγω (antilégō, “speak against, gainsay, contradict”).


plan de faille

fr-noun

plan de faille m (plural plans de faille)


ligne de faille

ligne de faille f (plural lignes de faille)


maastrichtien

fr-adj

maastrichtien (feminine maastrichtienne, masculine plural maastrichtiens, feminine plural maastrichtiennes)

maastrichtienne (feminine)
maastrichtiens (masculine plural)
maastrichtiennes (feminine plural)

(geology) Maastrichtian Age; related to the Maastrichtien


distique

From Latin distichon (“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον (dístikhon).

uder

(mineralogy) having two rows of facets around each base


sénonien

fr-adj

sénonien (feminine sénonienne, masculine plural sénoniens, feminine plural sénoniennes)

sénonienne (feminine)
sénoniens (masculine plural)
sénoniennes (feminine plural)


hercynien

hercynien (feminine hercynienne, masculine plural hercyniens, feminine plural hercyniennes)

hercynienne (feminine)
hercyniens (masculine plural)
hercyniennes (feminine plural)


hercynien

(geology) Hercynian, Variscan (geological period)


métamorphiser

métamorphiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
métamorphisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
métamorphisé (participle past)
métamorphise (first-person indicative present singular)
métamorphises (indicative present second-person singular)
métamorphise (indicative present singular third-person)
métamorphisons (first-person indicative plural present)
métamorphisez (indicative plural present second-person)
métamorphisent (indicative plural present third-person)
métamorphisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
métamorphisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
métamorphisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
métamorphisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
métamorphisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
métamorphisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
métamorphisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
métamorphisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
métamorphisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
métamorphisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
métamorphisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
métamorphisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
métamorphiserai (first-person future indicative singular)
métamorphiseras (future indicative second-person singular)
métamorphisera (future indicative singular third-person)
métamorphiserons (first-person future indicative plural)
métamorphiserez (future indicative plural second-person)
métamorphiseront (future indicative plural third-person)
métamorphiserais (conditional first-person singular)
métamorphiserais (conditional second-person singular)
métamorphiserait (conditional singular third-person)
métamorphiserions (conditional first-person plural)
métamorphiseriez (conditional plural second-person)
métamorphiseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
métamorphise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
métamorphises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
métamorphise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
métamorphisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
métamorphisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
métamorphisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
métamorphisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
métamorphisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
métamorphisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
métamorphisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
métamorphisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
métamorphisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
métamorphise (imperative second-person singular)
métamorphisons (first-person imperative plural)
métamorphisez (imperative plural second-person)


piémontite

fr-noun

piémontite f (usually uncountable, plural piémontites)

piémontites (plural)
piedmontite (alternative)


zillerthite

(mineralogy, obsolete) synonym of actinote


zincosite

(mineralogy) an evaporite composed of zinc sulfate


zvyagintsévite

zvyagintsévite f (plural zvyagintsévites)


yanthosiderite

yanthosiderite f (plural yanthosiderites)


argyride

(mineralogy) any mineral containing silver


pyritiser

pyritiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pyritisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
pyritisé (participle past)
pyritise (first-person indicative present singular)
pyritises (indicative present second-person singular)
pyritise (indicative present singular third-person)
pyritisons (first-person indicative plural present)
pyritisez (indicative plural present second-person)
pyritisent (indicative plural present third-person)
pyritisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pyritisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pyritisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pyritisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pyritisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pyritisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pyritisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pyritisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pyritisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pyritisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pyritisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pyritisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
pyritiserai (first-person future indicative singular)
pyritiseras (future indicative second-person singular)
pyritisera (future indicative singular third-person)
pyritiserons (first-person future indicative plural)
pyritiserez (future indicative plural second-person)
pyritiseront (future indicative plural third-person)
pyritiserais (conditional first-person singular)
pyritiserais (conditional second-person singular)
pyritiserait (conditional singular third-person)
pyritiserions (conditional first-person plural)
pyritiseriez (conditional plural second-person)
pyritiseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
pyritise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pyritises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pyritise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pyritisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pyritisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pyritisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pyritisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pyritisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pyritisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pyritisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pyritisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pyritisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pyritise (imperative second-person singular)
pyritisons (first-person imperative plural)
pyritisez (imperative plural second-person)


rhizosphérique

From rhizo- + sphérique or rhizosphère + -ique.


aéronien

fr-adj

aéronien (feminine aéronienne, masculine plural aéroniens, feminine plural aéroniennes)

aéronienne (feminine)
aéroniens (masculine plural)
aéroniennes (feminine plural)


aluminosilicaté

aluminosilicaté (feminine aluminosilicatée, masculine plural aluminosilicatés, feminine plural aluminosilicatées)

aluminosilicatée (feminine)
aluminosilicatés (masculine plural)
aluminosilicatées (feminine plural)

(geology, mineralogy) Containing aluminosilicates


anthropéien

anthropéien (feminine anthropéienne, masculine plural anthropéiens, feminine plural anthropéiennes)

anthropéienne (feminine)
anthropéiens (masculine plural)
anthropéiennes (feminine plural)


archicontinental

archicontinental (feminine archicontinentale, masculine plural archicontinentaux, feminine plural archicontinentales)

archicontinentale (feminine)
archicontinentaux (masculine plural)
archicontinentales (feminine plural)

From archi- + continental or archicontinent + -al.


arsénien

arsénien (feminine arsénienne, masculine plural arséniens, feminine plural arséniennes)

arsénienne (feminine)
arséniens (masculine plural)
arséniennes (feminine plural)


bartonien

bartonien (feminine bartonienne, masculine plural bartoniens, feminine plural bartoniennes)

bartonienne (feminine)
bartoniens (masculine plural)
bartoniennes (feminine plural)


hübnérite

hübnérites (plural)
hubnérite (alternative)
huebnérite (alternative)


falun

(geology, agriculture) a stratum chiefly composed of shell beds, usually in reference to certain marine Cenozoic deposits in France


terra rossa

terras rossas (plural)
terra-rossa (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian terra rossa (“red earth”)


tuffeau

In particular, tuffeau stone, from the Loire valley of France.


plaque tectonique

fr-noun

plaque tectonique f (plural plaques tectoniques)


pholérite

→ English: pholerite

From Ancient Greek φολίς (pholís) + -ite.

(mineralogy, obsolete) pholerite; kaolinite


Laurentie

From Laurent + -ie. In the case of Québec, a reference to the St. Lawrence River, coined by Marie-Victorin.


Mauvaises Terres

desctree

→ English: badlands, badland, Bad Lands (archaic) (calque)
→ Esperanto: badlandoj
→ German: Badlands
→ French: badlands
→ Spanish: badlands

A l'époque où ces événements se produisirent, je revenais d'une exploration scientifique entreprise dans les mauvaises terres du Nebraska, aux États-Unis.

1870, Jules Verne, chapter 2, in Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers [Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas], Paris: J. Hetzel et Compagnie, part 1:


extinction massive

fr-noun

extinction massive f (plural extinctions massives)

(evolutionary theory, geology) mass extinction


lagonite

* lagon + -ite
Named after the word "lagon" because it is found as an incrustation at Tuscan lagoons.

(mineralogy) An earthy, hydrous iron borate, H¹⁴Fe⁴Bo¹²O³¹ + 2[Fe²]ᵛⁱBo⁶O¹² + 7Aq


gaure

(geology) decomposed granite, soft granite


dérive des continents

Calque of German Kontinentalverschiebung.

clq

(geology) continental drift (the slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics)


fumeur noir

(geology, oceanography) black smoker (kind of hydrothermal vent found on the seabed, emitting clouds of black material)


fumeur blanc

(geology, oceanography) white smoker (kind of hydrothermal vent that emits lighter-hued minerals than those of a black smoker)


Milliard ennuyeux

le Milliard ennuyeux (canonical masculine)
milliard ennuyeux (alternative)