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nounany of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium
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Origin
Partial calque of German Feldspat, formed from Feld (“field”) + Spat (“spar”), the second element replaced with the English cognate spar.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans veldspaat
- veldspaatany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Arabic فلسبار
- فلسبار (falasabar)any of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Basque feldespato
- feldespatoany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Bulgarian фелдшпат
- фелдшпат (feldšpat)any of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Catalan feldspat
- feldspatany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Chinese Cantonese 長石 /长石
- 長石 /长石 (zoeng² sek⁶)any of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Chinese Mandarin 長石 /长石
- 長石 /长石 (chángshí)any of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Czech živec
- živecany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Danish feldspat
- feldspatany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Dutch veldspaat
- veldspaatany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Esperanto feldspato
- feldspatoany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Finnish maasälpä
- maasälpäany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
French feldspath
- feldspathany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
German Feldspat
- Feldspatany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Greek άστριος
- άστριος (ástrios)any of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Hebrew פצלת הסדה
- פצלת הסדה (patsélet hasadé)any of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Hindi फेल्सपार
- फेल्सपार (phelsapār)any of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Hungarian földpát
- földpátany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Icelandic feldspat
- feldspatany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Indonesian felspar
- felsparany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Irish iathchloch
- iathchlochany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Italian feldspato
- feldspatoany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Japanese 長石
- 長石 (chōseki)any of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Korean 장석
- 장석 (jangseok)any of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Latvian laukšpats
- laukšpatsany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Lithuanian feldšpatas, lauko špatas
- feldšpatasany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
- lauko špatasany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Norwegian Bokmål feltspat
- feltspatany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Persian فلدسپات
- فلدسپاتany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Polish skaleń
- skaleńany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Portuguese feldspato
- feldspatoany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Romanian feldspat
- feldspatany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Russian полево́й шпат
- полево́й шпат (polevój špat)any of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Slovak živec
- živecany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Spanish feldespato
- feldespatoany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Swedish fältspat
- fältspatany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Tagalog peldespato
- peldespatoany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Tamil பெல்ட்ஸ்பார்
- பெல்ட்ஸ்பார் (pelṭspār)any of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Thai เฟลด์สปาร์
- เฟลด์สปาร์ (flâyt-bpaa)any of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Turkish feldspat
- feldspatany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Ukrainian польовий шпат
- польовий шпат (polʹovyj špat)any of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Vietnamese fenspat
- fenspatany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Welsh ffelsbar
- ffelsbarany of a large group of rock-forming minerals
Cite this entry
APA
feldspar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feldspar
MLA
“feldspar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feldspar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feldspar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feldspar.
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