bauxite

See also: Bauxite

English

Etymology

Derived from the name of Les Baux in France, plus +‎ -ite. The /ks/ in the English pronunciation is from a spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːksaɪt/, /ˈbɔːksʌɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːksaɪt/, /ˈbaksaɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General American):

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• Hyphenation: bau‧xite

Noun

bauxite (countable and uncountable, plural bauxites)

1. The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.
   • 2007, Suzanne LeVert, Cultures of the World: Sierra Leone, page 57:

     Iron ore is the principal component of the country's mining sector; however, bauxite, diamond, and rutile also contribute to this growing industry.

   • 2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 152:

     A thin red stream poured down one of the rises, snaking its way around trees; a river turned red with bauxite?

Derived terms

• bauxitic
• nonbauxite

Related terms

• alumina

Translations

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• Armenian: բոքսիտ (hy) (bokʻsit)
• Bulgarian: боксит (boksit)
• Catalan: bauxita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鋁土礦 / 铝土矿 (zh) (lǚtǔkuàng)

• Czech: bauxit m
• Danish: bauxit (da) c
• Dutch: bauxiet (nl) n
• Esperanto: baŭksito
• Estonian: boksiit
• Finnish: bauksiitti (fi)
• French: bauxite (fr) f
• Georgian: ბოქსიტი (boksiṭi)
• German: Bauxit (de) m
• Greek: βωξίτης (el) m (voxítis)
• Hungarian: bauxit (hu)
• Italian: bauxite (it) f
• Japanese: 鉄礬土 (ja) (てつばんど, tetsubando), ボーキサイト (ja) (bōkisaito)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: boksitas
• Macedonian: бокси́т m (boksít)
• Malay: bauksit (ms)
• Malayalam: ബോക്സൈറ്റ് (ml) (bōksaiṟṟŭ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bauksitt m, bauxitt m

  Nynorsk: bauksitt m, bauxitt m

• Polish: boksyt (pl) m
• Portuguese: bauxita (pt) f (Brazil), bauxite f (Portugal)
• Russian: бокси́т (ru) m (boksít)
• Serbo-Croatian: boksit (sh) m
• Slovak: bauxit m
• Spanish: bauxita (es) f
• Swedish: bauxit (sv) c
• Tagalog: bawhita
• Thai: บ็อกไซต์ (bòksai)
• Turkish: boksit (tr)

See also

• boehmite
• diaspore
• gibbsite
• laterite

French

Etymology

From Les Baux in France.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bok.sit/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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Noun

bauxite f (uncountable)

1. bauxite

Further reading

• “bauxite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Noun

bauxite f (plural bauxiti)

1. (mineralogy) bauxite

Derived terms

• bauxitico

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bawˈʃi.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: bau‧xi‧te

Noun

bauxite f (countable and uncountable, plural bauxites)

1. European Portuguese standard form of bauxita

Further reading

• “bauxite”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026