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nephelinite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nepheli-n-ite
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A darkish, finely crystalline rock of volcanic origin, being a mixture of nepheline and pyroxene

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English nepheline Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English nephelinite From nepheline + -ite.

Usage

Inflected Forms

nephelinites (plural)

Derived Forms

leuconephelinite melanephelinite nephelinitic

Questions

What does nephelinite mean?
A darkish, finely crystalline rock of volcanic origin, being a mixture of nepheline and pyroxene
Where does nephelinite come from?
Etymology tree English nepheline Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English nephelinite From nepheline + -ite.

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