Meanings
- not comparablePertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
The stone had an igneous appearance.
- not comparablegeographyResulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.
Granite and basalt are igneous rocks.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveproduced under conditions involving intense heat
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁engʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥gʷnís
- Proto-Italic*engʷnis
- Latinign(is)
- Latinigneus
- Englishigneous
From Latin igneus (“fiery”). By surface analysis, Latin ign- + -eous.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan igni, igni
- ignipertaining to, having the nature of fire
- igniresulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
Chinese Mandarin 火成的, 火成的
- 火成的 (huǒchéng de)pertaining to, having the nature of fire
- 火成的 (huǒchéng de)resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
Czech ohnivý, žhavý
- ohnivýpertaining to, having the nature of fire
- žhavýpertaining to, having the nature of fire
- žhnoucípertaining to, having the nature of fire
Finnish tulinen, tuli-
- tulinenpertaining to, having the nature of fire
- tuli-pertaining to, having the nature of fire
- tuliperäinenresulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
French igné, igné
- ignépertaining to, having the nature of fire
- ignéresulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
- magmatiqueresulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
German eruptiv, vulkanisch
- eruptivresulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
- vulkanischresulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
Greek πυριγενής, πύρινος
- πυριγενής (pyrigenís)pertaining to, having the nature of fire
- πύρινος (pýrinos)resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
Hindi आग्नेय, आग्नेय
- आग्नेय (āgney)pertaining to, having the nature of fire
- आग्नेय (āgney)resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
Hungarian tüzes, vulkáni
- tüzespertaining to, having the nature of fire
- vulkániresulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
Irish adhantach, bruthach
- adhantachpertaining to, having the nature of fire
- bruthachresulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
Italian igneo, igneo
- igneopertaining to, having the nature of fire
- igneoresulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
Portuguese ígneo, ígneo
- ígneopertaining to, having the nature of fire
- ígneoresulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
Punjabi ਆਤਸ਼ੀ, ਆਤਸ਼ੀ
- ਆਤਸ਼ੀ (ātaśī)pertaining to, having the nature of fire
- ਆਤਸ਼ੀ (ātaśī)resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
Russian о́гненный, огнево́й
- о́гненный (ógnennyj)pertaining to, having the nature of fire
- огнево́й (ognevój)pertaining to, having the nature of fire
- пироге́нный (pirogénnyj)resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
- вулкани́ческого происхожде́ния (vulkaníčeskovo proisxoždénija)resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
Spanish ígneo, ígneo
- ígneopertaining to, having the nature of fire
- ígneoresulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat
Cite this entry
igneous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/igneous
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