esquist

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French schiste, from Latin schistos lapis (“the stone that is easy to split”), from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “splittable”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkist]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [esˈkist]

Noun

esquist m (plural esquists or esquistos)

schist
(deprecated) shale

Further reading

“esquist” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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