Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bertrandite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bertran-dite
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A basic beryllium sorosilicate that is an ore of beryllium.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Bertrand + -ite, named after French mineralogist Émile Bertrand (1844-1909) in 1883.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Bertrand

Usage

Inflected Forms

bertrandites (plural)

Questions

What does bertrandite mean?: A basic beryllium sorosilicate that is an ore of beryllium.
Where does bertrandite come from?: From Bertrand + -ite, named after French mineralogist Émile Bertrand (1844-1909) in 1883.

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