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dacite

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdeɪsaɪt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: volcanic rock

History

Etymology

From German Dazit, from Latin Dācia (“greater Romania”). First used in 1863 by Austrian geologists Franz von Hauer and Guido Stache, in a description of the geology of Transylvania.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: dazita — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Catalan: dacita — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Chinese Mandarin: 英安岩 (yīng'ānyán) — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Czech: dacit — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Danish: dacit — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Dutch: daciet — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Estonian: datsiit — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Finnish: dasiitti — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • French: dacite — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • German: Dazit — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Hungarian: dácit — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Italian: dacite — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Japanese: デイサイト (deisaito) — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Korean: 데이사이트 (deisaiteu) — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Norwegian: dacitt — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Polish: dacyt — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Portuguese: dacito — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Russian: дацит (dacit) — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Serbo-Croatian: дацит — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Slovak: dacit — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Spanish: dacita — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Swedish: dacit — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content
  • Ukrainian: дацит (dacyt) — an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content