Flint — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/flˈɪnt/

🇬🇧British English

/flˈɪnt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/flˈɪnt/

1 syllable Say it as /flˈɪnt/.

Examples

his flinty gaze
the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flinty Flint River stony granitic obdurate

Parts of Speech

noun	a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
noun	a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
noun	a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing
adjective	showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings “his flinty gaze”

Word Forms

flinty	adjective	containing flint
granite	noun	something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness)
stone	noun	the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Feuerstein

eine harte Art Stein; eine Form von Kieselsäure, die undurchsichtiger ist als Chalcedon

🇫🇷French

silex

une sorte de pierre dure ; une forme de silice plus opaque que la calcédoine

🇪🇸Spanish

pedernal

una especie de piedra dura; una forma de sílice más opaca que la calcedonia

🇮🇹Italian

selce

un tipo duro di pietra; una forma di silice più opaca del calcedonio

🇳🇱Dutch

vuursteen

een harde steensoort; een vorm van silica die ondoorzichtiger is dan chalcedoon

🇵🇹Portuguese

pedra

um tipo de pedra dura; uma forma de sílica mais opaca que a calcedônia

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चकमक

एक कठोर प्रकार का पत्थर; कैल्सेडोनी की तुलना में अधिक अपारदर्शी सिलिका का एक रूप

🇧🇩Bengali

চকমকি

একটি শক্ত ধরনের পাথর; সিলিকা একটি ফর্ম chalcedony তুলনায় আরো অস্বচ্ছ

🇮🇳Tamil

எரிகல்

ஒரு கடினமான வகை கல்; சிலிக்காவின் ஒரு வடிவம் சால்செடோனியை விட ஒளிபுகா

🇮🇳Telugu

చెకుముకిరాయి

ఒక గట్టి రకమైన రాయి; చాల్సెడోనీ కంటే సిలికా మరింత అపారదర్శకంగా ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

चकमक

एक कठीण प्रकारचा दगड; सिलिकाचा एक प्रकार कॅल्सेडनीपेक्षा अधिक अपारदर्शक आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચકમક

સખત પ્રકારનો પથ્થર; સિલિકાનું સ્વરૂપ કેલ્સિડોની કરતાં વધુ અપારદર્શક છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚಕಮಕಿ

ಒಂದು ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾದ ಕಲ್ಲು; ಚಾಲ್ಸೆಡೋನಿಗಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಅಪಾರದರ್ಶಕವಾದ ಸಿಲಿಕಾದ ಒಂದು ರೂಪ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തീക്കല്ല്

ഒരു കഠിനമായ കല്ല്; ചാൽസിഡോണിയേക്കാൾ അതാര്യമായ സിലിക്കയുടെ ഒരു രൂപം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਕਮਾ

ਇੱਕ ਸਖ਼ਤ ਕਿਸਮ ਦਾ ਪੱਥਰ; ਸਿਲਿਕਾ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਰੂਪ ਚੈਲਸੀਡੋਨੀ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਵਧੇਰੇ ਧੁੰਦਲਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

چکمک

ایک سخت قسم کا پتھر؛ سیلیکا کی ایک شکل چیلسیڈونی سے زیادہ مبہم ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

燧石

一种坚硬的石头；一种比玉髓更不透明的二氧化硅

🇯🇵Japanese

フリント

硬い種類の石。カルセドニーよりも不透明なシリカの一種

🇰🇷Korean

부싯돌

단단한 돌; 칼세도니보다 더 불투명한 실리카 형태

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đá lửa

một loại đá cứng; một dạng silica đục hơn chalcedony

🇹🇭Thai

หินเหล็กไฟ

หินแข็งชนิดหนึ่ง ซิลิการูปแบบหนึ่งมีความทึบมากกว่าโมรา

🇮🇩Indonesian

batu api

sejenis batu yang keras; suatu bentuk silika yang lebih buram daripada kalsedon

🇲🇾Malay

batu api

sejenis batu yang keras; satu bentuk silika yang lebih legap daripada kalsedon

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الصوان

نوع صلب من الحجر؛ شكل من أشكال السيليكا أكثر عتامة من العقيق الأبيض

🇮🇷Persian

سنگ چخماق

یک نوع سنگ سخت؛ شکلی از سیلیس مات تر از کلسدونی است

🇹🇷Turkish

çakmaktaşı

sert bir taş türü; kalsedondan daha opak bir silika türü

🇮🇱Hebrew

צוּר

סוג אבן קשה; צורה של סיליקה אטומה יותר מכלקדוניה

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