malachite

English

Malachite (1)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French malachite, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin molochitis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μαλαχή (malakhḗ, “[leaf of the ... ] mallow plant”). Or, (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) could be from Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (mal'ach) [ "angel" or "messenger of God" ], or, perhaps hailing from another Ancient Greek term, μαλαχ- [ "fingers" ].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæləkaɪt/

Noun

malachite (countable and uncountable, plural malachites)

1. (mineralogy) A bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂; one of the principal ores of copper.
   • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 128:

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

2. A mild green colour, like that of the mineral.

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Derived terms

• pseudomalachite

Translations

mineral

• Armenian: մալախիտ (hy) (malaxit), դահանակ (hy) (dahanak), մոլոշաքար (mološakʻar)
• Asturian: malaquita f
• Catalan: malaquita (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 孔雀石 (zh) (kǒngquèshí)

• Crimean Tatar: baqırtaş, min
• Czech: malachit m
• Danish: malakit (da) c
• Egyptian: (wꜣḏ)
• Esperanto: malakito
• Estonian: malahhiit
• Finnish: malakiitti (fi)
• French: malachite (fr) f
• Galician: malaquita f
• German: Malachit m
• Greek: μαλαχίτης (el) m (malachítis)

  Ancient: χρυσοκόλλα f (khrusokólla)

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• Ido: malakito (io)
• Irish: malaicít f
• Italian: malachite (it) f
• Japanese: 孔雀石 (くじゃくせき, kujakuseki), くじゃく石 (くじゃくせき, kujakuseki)
• Korean: 공작석 (ko) (gongjakseok)
• Latin: molochītēs m
• Persian: مالاکیت (fa) (mâlâkit), دهنج (dahnaj)
• Polish: malachit (pl) m
• Portuguese: malaquita f
• Romanian: malahit (ro) n
• Russian: малахи́т (ru) m (malaxít)
• Spanish: malaquita (es) f
• Tagalog: malakita, tansong lungti, tansong lunti
• Turkmen: ýaşyldaş

colour

• Finnish: malakiittivihreä (fi), vuorivihreä
• German: malachitfarben
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• Polish: malachit (pl) m

Adjective

malachite (comparative more malachite, superlative most malachite)

1. Of a colour ranging from olive-taupe to a mild to deeply-rich (at times seemingly translucent) green, like that of the mineral which is present on oxidized copper.

See also

• Appendix:Colors

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.la.ʃit/

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Noun

malachite f (plural malachites)

1. malachite

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French malachite, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin molochitis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μαλαχή (malakhḗ, “[leaf of the ... ] mallow plant”).

Noun

malachite f (plural malachiti)

1. (mineralogy) malachite