Argillaceous — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

resembling or containing clay

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˌæɾɪkˈɪstɪkli/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌɑːɡɪlˈeɪʃəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌɑːɡɪlˈeɪʃəs/

4 syllables Say it as /kˌæɾɪkˈɪstɪkli/.

Examples

argillaceous rocks

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

clayey

Antonyms

arenaceous

Parts of Speech

adjective

resembling or containing clay

“argillaceous rocks”

Word Forms

argil

noun

a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

tonhaltig

Ton ähneln oder Ton enthalten

🇫🇷French

argileux

ressemblant à ou contenant de l'argile

🇪🇸Spanish

arcilloso

parecido o que contiene arcilla

🇮🇹Italian

argilloso

somigliante o contenente argilla

🇳🇱Dutch

kleiachtig

die op klei lijkt of deze bevat

🇵🇹Portuguese

argiloso

semelhante ou contendo argila

🇷🇺Russian

глинистый

напоминающий или содержащий глину

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मृतिकामय

मिट्टी से मिलता-जुलता या युक्त

🇮🇳Tamil

வளைந்த

களிமண்ணை ஒத்த அல்லது கொண்டிருக்கும்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఆర్గిల్లస్

మట్టిని పోలి ఉంటుంది లేదా కలిగి ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Gujarati

આર્જિલેસિયસ

માટી જેવું અથવા સમાવિષ્ટ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಆರ್ಜಿಲೇಸಿಯಸ್

ಜೇಡಿಮಣ್ಣನ್ನು ಹೋಲುವ ಅಥವಾ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അർജിലേസിയസ്

കളിമണ്ണിനോട് സാമ്യമുള്ളതോ അടങ്ങിയിരിക്കുന്നതോ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

泥质的

类似或含有粘土

🇯🇵Japanese

粘土質の

粘土に似ている、または粘土を含むもの

🇰🇷Korean

질긴

점토와 비슷하거나 함유된 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

có chất sét

giống hoặc chứa đất sét

🇹🇭Thai

มีเล่ห์เหลี่ยม

คล้ายหรือประกอบด้วยดินเหนียว

🇮🇩Indonesian

berlempung

menyerupai atau mengandung tanah liat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

طينية

تشبه الطين أو تحتوي عليه

🇮🇷Persian

آرژیلوس

شبیه یا حاوی خاک رس

🇹🇷Turkish

killi

kile benzeyen veya kil içeren

🇮🇱Hebrew

ארגינלי

דומה או מכיל חימר

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