geode

See also: GEODE

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

From French géode, from Latin geōdēs, from Ancient Greek γεώδης (geṓdēs, “earthlike”), equivalent to γῆ (gê, “earth”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒiː.əʊd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiː.oʊd/
• Rhymes: -iːəʊd

Noun

geode (plural geodes)

1. (geology) A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall.

Derived terms

• geodal
• geodic
• geodiferous
• geodize

Translations

hollow stone with crystals on the inside wall

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: геод m (geod) Catalan: geoda f Chinese: Mandarin: 晶洞 (jīngdòng) Czech: geoda f Esperanto: geodo Finnish: geodi French: géode (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Geode (de) f, Druse (de) f Indonesian: geoda Italian: geode m, drusa f Portuguese: geode m, geodo (pt) m Russian: жео́да (ru) f (žeóda) Slovene: geọ̑da f Spanish: geoda (es) f Thai: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Doege, Goede, ogeed

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈɔ.de/
• Rhymes: -ɔde
• Hyphenation: ge‧ò‧de

Noun

geode m (plural geodi)

1. geode

Further reading

• geode in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• geodo

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeˈɔ.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeˈɔ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeˈɔ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒjɔ.dɨ/ [ˈʒjɔ.ðɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔd͡ʒi, (Portugal) -ɔdɨ
• Hyphenation: ge‧o‧de

Noun

geode m (plural geodes)

1. (geology) geode (hollow stone with crystals on the inside wall)

Further reading

• “geode”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “geode”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025