Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbonatite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: car-bon-atite
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any intrusive igneous rock having a majority of carbonate minerals

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English carbonate Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English carbonatite From carbonate + -ite.

Usage

Inflected Forms

carbonatites (plural)

Derived Forms

calciocarbonatite carbonatitic ferrocarbonatite magnesiocarbonatite natrocarbonatite silicocarbonatite

Questions

What does carbonatite mean?: Any intrusive igneous rock having a majority of carbonate minerals
Where does carbonatite come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English carbonate Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English carbonatite From carbonate + -ite.

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