Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

atacamite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: at-a-camite
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A green copper(II) chloride hydroxide mineral, polymorphous with botallackite.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Atacama + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Atacama

Usage

Inflected Forms

atacamites (plural)

Derived Forms

paratacamite

Questions

What does atacamite mean?: A green copper(II) chloride hydroxide mineral, polymorphous with botallackite.
Where does atacamite come from?: From Atacama + -ite.

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