Noun: schiste
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | schiste |
| Plural m | schistes |
Sample Sentences
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gaz de schiste (shale gas)
Nouns inflected like schiste
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lapis schistos, from Ancient Greek σχῐστός (skhĭstós, “divisible”). First attested in the 16th century.
Verbs referencing "schiste"
English Nouns
schist, Dutch Nouns
schist, Portuguese Nouns
xisto, Romanian Nouns
șist, Catalan Nouns
esquist.
Translations