Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monazite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: mon-azite
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any of a range of reddish-brown minerals that are mixed phosphates of the lighter rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium and yttrium

Etymology

From German Monazit, from Ancient Greek μονάζω (monázō, “be solitary”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Monazit, μονάζω

Inflected Forms

monazites (plural)

Derived Forms

monazitic

Questions

What does monazite mean?: any of a range of reddish-brown minerals that are mixed phosphates of the lighter rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium and yttrium
Where does monazite come from?: It is traced to German.

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