pirita

See also: Pirita

English

Noun

pirita (uncountable)

1. The rainforest vine Ripogonum scandens.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pȳritēs, from Ancient Greek πυρίτης λίθος (purítēs líthos, “stone of fire, flint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [piˈɾi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [piˈɾi.ta]

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Noun

pirita f (plural pirites)

1. pyrite

Derived terms

• calcopirita
• piritós

Related terms

• piritífer
• piritòedre

Further reading

• “pirita”, 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

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈɾita/ [piˈɾi.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: pi‧ri‧ta

Noun

pirita f (plural piritas)

1. pyrite

Further reading

• “pirita”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Occitan

Noun

pirita f (plural piritas)

1. pyrite

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pirite (Portugal)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈɾi.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈɾi.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: pi‧ri‧ta

Noun

pirita f (plural piritas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. (mineralogy) pyrite (mineral iron disulfide)

   Synonym: ouro dos tolos

Further reading

• “pirita”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pirita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

Proto-Hellenic *pāwər

Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.

Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)

Ancient Greek πῠρῑ́της (pŭrī́tēs)bor.

Latin pyrītēs

Spanish pirita

From Latin pyrītēs, borrowed from Ancient Greek πῠρῑ́της (pŭrī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈɾita/ [piˈɾi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: pi‧ri‧ta

Noun

pirita f (plural piritas)

1. pyrite

   Synonyms: inga, marcasita

   • 2018 January 26, Virginia López Enano, “El misterio de Canfranc: nazis, espías y oro”, in El País‎^[1], Madrid, →ISSN:

     Su historia es breve, pero por ella el pueblo se ha construido un nombre. Durante la II Guerra Mundial, España enviaba por sus railes wolframio y pirita para blindar el armamento nazi.

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Further reading

• “pirita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025