obsidian

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• UK: /ˌɒbˈsɪd.i.ən/
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• US, also: /əbˈsɪd.i.ən/
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From Latin obsidianus; named after Obsidius, who was, according to Pliny, the Roman who discovered the stone in Aethiopia.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: obsidiaan — poetic: black
• Latvian: obsidiāns — poetic: black
• Spanish: obsidiano — poetic: black
• Afrikaans: lawaglas — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Ahtna: bestsʼae — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Arabic: سَبَج (sabaj) — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Armenian: վանակատ (vanakat) — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Bulgarian: обсидиан (obsidian) — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Catalan: obsidiana — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑曜岩 (hēiyàoyán) — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑曜石 (hēiyàoshí) — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Czech: obsidián — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Danish: obsidian — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Dutch: lavaglas — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Dutch: obsidiaan — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Egyptian: V31:I9-N17 (kf) — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Esperanto: obsidiano — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Finnish: obsidiaani — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Finnish: laavalasi — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• French: obsidienne — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Georgian: ობსიდიანი (obsidiani) — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• German: Obsidian — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• German: Glasachat — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Greek: οψιδιανός (opsidianós) — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Hawaiian: mākā — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Hindi: ज्वालाकाच (jvālākāc) — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Hungarian: obszidián — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Icelandic: hrafntinna — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Ido: obsidiano — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Indonesian: obsidian — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Indonesian: batu kendan — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Indonesian: batu kaca — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Italian: ossidiana — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Japanese: 黒曜石 (kokuyōseki) — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Korean: 흑요석 (heugyoseok) — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Lower Tanana: bahtr'a — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Māori: matā — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Māori: tūhua — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Māori: matā tūhua — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Māori: mihiau — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Nahuatl: itztli — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Nahuatl: citlālcuitlatl — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Nandi: sengwet — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Navajo: noolyínii — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Polish: obsydian — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Portuguese: obsidiana — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Romanian: obsidian — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Russian: обсидиа́н (obsidián) — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Serbo-Croatian: opsidijan — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Seri: pajii — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Slovak: obsidián — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Spanish: obsidiana — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Swedish: obsidian — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Tagalog: obsidiyana — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Tanacross: mbehts'e' — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Tewa: tsee — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Turkish: obsidyen — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Turkish: obsidiyen — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Vietnamese: đá vỏ chai — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Vietnamese: hắc diện thạch — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Vietnamese: hắc diệu thạch — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
• Yiddish: אָבסידיאַן (obsidyan) — a type of black glass produced by volcanoes