pyrrhotite

English

Pyrrhotite

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πυρρότης (purrhótēs)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.

Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der.

Latin -ītēslbor.

French -iteder.

English -ite

English pyrrhotite

From Ancient Greek πυρρότης (purrhótēs) + English -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪɹətaɪt/

Noun

pyrrhotite (usually uncountable, plural pyrrhotites)

1. (mineralogy) A weakly magnetic ferrous sulfide mineral, FeS.

   Synonyms: magnetic pyrite, pyrrhotine

Hypernyms

• pyrite

Derived terms

• pyrrhotitic

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: magneettikiisu, pyrrotiitti
• French: pyrrhotite (fr)
• Italian: pirrotina f
• German: Pyrrhotin m
• Portuguese: pirrotita f
• Romanian: pirotină f
• Spanish: pirrotina f, pirrotita f
• Swedish: magnetkis c

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Pyrrhotite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “pyrrhotite”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.

French

pyrrhotite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ʁɔ.tit/

Noun

pyrrhotite f (plural pyrrhotites)

1. pyrrhotite

Hypernyms

• pyrite