rutile

See also: rutilé

English

Etymology

From Latin rutilus (“red”) because of its common color, named in 1803.

Noun

rutile (countable and uncountable, plural rutiles)

1. (mineralogy) The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO₂.

Derived terms

• pseudorutile

Translations

the most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide

• Chinese: 金红石
• Czech: rutil
• Dutch: rutiel (nl)
• Finnish: rutiili
• French: rutile (fr)
• German: Rutil
• Hebrew: רוטיל (rūṭīl)
• Hungarian: rutil
• Italian: rutilo (it) m
• Japanese: 金紅石
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: rutilas
• Persian: روتیل (rutil)
• Polish: rutyl (pl)
• Portuguese: rutilo m
• Russian: рутил (ru) (rutil)
• Slovak: rutil
• Slovene: rutil
• Spanish: rutilo (es) m
• Swedish: rutil

See also

• anatase
• brookite

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Rutile”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “rutile”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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French

Noun

rutile m (plural rutiles)

1. (mineralogy) rutile

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) rutile

1. vocative masculine singular of rutilus

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Spanish

Verb

rutile

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of rutilar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of rutilar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of rutilar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of rutilar.