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igneous rock

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

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noun

Meaning 1

One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the cooling of molten rock, either below the surface (intrusive) or on the surface (extrusive).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rock, stone, material

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noun

Meaning 2

rock formed by the solidification of molten magma

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rock, stone

Narrower terms: andesite, aplite, groundmass, adesite, batholith, batholite, pluton, plutonic rock, diorite, gabbro, pegmatite, peridotite, rhyolite, volcanic rock, porphyry, porphyritic rock

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Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَخَر نَارِيّ (ṣaḵar nāriyy) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Basque: arroka igneo — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Belarusian: магматычныя горныя пароды (mahmatyčnyja hórnyja paródy) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Bulgarian: магмени скали (magmeni skali) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Catalan: roques ígnies — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 岩漿岩 /岩浆岩 (yánjiāngyán) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 火成岩 (huǒchéngyán) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Czech: magmatická hornina — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Czech: vyvřelá hornina — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Dutch: stollingsgesteente — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Esperanto: magmaj petroj — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Estonian: tardkivim — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Finnish: magmakivi — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Finnish: magmakivilaji — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • French: roche magmatique — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Galician: rocha magmática — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • German: magmatisches Gestein — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • German: Erstarrungsgestein — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Hebrew: סלע יסוד — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Hindi: आग्नेय शैल (āgney śail) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Hungarian: magmás kőzet — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Icelandic: storkuberg — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Indonesian: batuan beku — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Irish: bruthcharraig — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Irish: carraig dhoigheartha — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Italian: roccia magmatica — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Japanese: 火成岩 (kaseigan) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Korean: 화성암 (hwaseong'am) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Lithuanian: magminė uoliena — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Low German: magmatit — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Malay: batuan igneus — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Malayalam: ആഗ്നേയ ശില (āgnēya śila) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Māori: toka ngiha — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Mongolian: магмын чулуулаг (magmyn čuluulag) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠭᠮᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠤᠯᠢᠭ (maɣma-yin čilaguliɣ) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Norwegian: magmatisk bergart — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Persian: سنگ آذرین (sang-e âzarin) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Polish: skały magmowe — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Portuguese: rocha ígnea — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Portuguese: pedra ígnea — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Romanian: rocă magmatică — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Russian: магмати́ческие го́рные поро́ды (magmatíčeskije górnyje poródy) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: магматске стене — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: магматске стијене — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: magmatske stene — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: magmatske stijene — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Slovak: vyvretá hornina — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Slovene: magmatska kamnina — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Spanish: roca ígnea — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Sundanese: batu igneus — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Swedish: magmatisk bergart — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Tagalog: apuying bato — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Tamil: தீப்பாறை (tīppāṟai) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Thai: หินอัคนี (hĭn àknee) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Tibetan: མེ་ཞུན་བྲག་རྡོ (me zhun brag rdo) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Turkish: magmatik kayaçlar — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Ukrainian: магматичні гірські породи (mahmatyčni hirsʹki porody) — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Vietnamese: đá mácma — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
  • Welsh: craig igneaidd — one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth