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noun, masculine

basalto

/baˈsalto/

noun, masculine/baˈsalto/plural: basaltos

basalt (hard rock)

Related: basáltico

Learned borrowing from Latin basaltes, a misspelling of basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”) b-x:n-O39