ligniet

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French lignite.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /lɪxˈnit/
  • Hyphenation: lig‧niet
  • Rhymes: -it

Noun[edit]

ligniet n or c (uncountable)

  1. lignite, brown coal
    Synonym: bruinkool

Usage notes[edit]

  • The common gender is obsolete, being mostly found during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
  • The specialist distinction between lignite and sub-bitumous coal is generally not made in Dutch.
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