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igneous

Syllables: ig·ne·ous/ˈɪɡ.ni.əs/

igneous adjective: pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.

Adjective

igneous (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
    • The stone had an igneous appearance.
  2. Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.
    • Granite and basalt are igneous rocks.
    • All formations, whether igneous or aqueous, which can be shown by any such proofs to be of a date posterior to the introduction of man, will be called Recent.1835, Charles Lyell, chapter V, in Principles of Geology […] , 4th edition, volume III, London: John Murray, Book IV, page 385

igneous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

igneous in Hindi

pertaining to, having the nature of fire
आग्नेय āgney
resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
आग्नेय āgney

igneous in Tamil

எரிகிற, தீச்சார்ந்த, எரிமலையினால் உண்டான

igneous in Urdu

ناری

igneous in Bengali

আগুনজাত
More languagesFewer languages
igneous in Kannada
ಕಿಚ್ಚಿನ, ಕಿಚ್ಚಿರುವ
igneous in Punjabi
ਆਤਸ਼ੀ ātaśī

Examples of igneous in a sentence

  • E.g., orthogneiss is a gneiss derived from igneous, rather than sedimentary (paragneiss); orthoamphibolite, orthocumulate.
  • The classic meteorwrong is an igneous rock known as a Cumberlandite.
  • Of the high-silica, coarse-grained, quartz-rich igneous rocks, granodiorites are quantitatively the most important.

All 11 example sentences with igneous

Origin of igneous

From Latin igneus (“fiery”). By surface analysis, Latin ign- + -eous.

Words formed from igneous

Phrases with igneous

Questions about igneous

What does igneous mean?
Igneous means pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
What is igneous in Hindi?
Igneous in Hindi is आग्नेय (āgney). See Igneous meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is igneous?
Igneous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce igneous?
Igneous is pronounced /ˈɪɡ.ni.əs/.

Words near igneous in the dictionary

  1. ignavia
  2. igneal
  3. igneduct
  4. igneducts
  5. igneoaqueous
  6. igneous
  7. igneous rock
  8. igneous rocks
  9. igneously
  10. igneousness
  11. Igneri

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Adapted from Wiktionary: igneous (page history and authors); igneous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); igneous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); igneous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); igneous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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