esquist

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from French schiste, from Latin schistos lapis (“the stone that is easy to split”), from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “splittable”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkist] IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˈkist] === Noun === esquist m (plural esquists or esquistos) schist (deprecated) shale === Further reading === “esquist”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007