Meanings
plural travertines
- countableuncountablechemistryA light, porous form of concretionary limestone (or calcite) deposited from solution, and sometimes quarried for building.
Halder stopped outside a seven-storey building sheathed in pale travertine marble.
2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 1911 more example
[...] imitation travertine, resembling marble, has been used to cover the station exterior, [...].
1941 January, “Notes and News: The Hitler Station in Rome”, in Railway Magazine, page 33Synonyms: travertine marble
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA light, porous form of concretionary limestone (or calcite) deposited from solution, and sometimes quarried for building.
Origin
- Latintīburtīnus“Tiburtine”
- Italiantravertino
- Englishtravertine
From Italian travertino, earlier tivertino, from Latin tīburtīnus (“Tiburtine”).
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Bulgarian бигор
- бигор (bigor)form of concretionary limestone or calcite
Chinese Mandarin 石灰华, 洞石
- 石灰华form of concretionary limestone or calcite
- 洞石 (dòngshí)form of concretionary limestone or calcite
Esperanto travertino
- travertinoform of concretionary limestone or calcite
Finnish travertiini
- travertiiniform of concretionary limestone or calcite
French travertin
- travertinform of concretionary limestone or calcite
German Travertin
- Travertinform of concretionary limestone or calcite
Italian travertino
- travertinoform of concretionary limestone or calcite
Polish trawertyn
- trawertynform of concretionary limestone or calcite
Portuguese travertino
- travertinoform of concretionary limestone or calcite
Romanian travertin
- travertinform of concretionary limestone or calcite
Russian траверти́н
- траверти́н (travertín)form of concretionary limestone or calcite
Spanish travertino
- travertinoform of concretionary limestone or calcite
Swedish travertin
- travertinform of concretionary limestone or calcite
Turkish traverten
- travertenform of concretionary limestone or calcite
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Cite this entry
travertine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/travertine
“travertine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/travertine. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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