Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dacite

/ˈdeɪsaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: dacite
IPA: /ˈdeɪsaɪt/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content.

Etymology

From German Dazit, from Latin Dācia (“greater Romania”). First used in 1863 by Austrian geologists Franz von Hauer and Guido Stache, in a description of the geology of Transylvania.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Dazit, Dācia

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈdeɪsaɪt/

Inflected Forms

dacites (plural)

Derived Forms

dacitic

Questions

How do you pronounce dacite?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdeɪsaɪt/.
What does dacite mean?: An igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content.
Where does dacite come from?: It is traced to German.

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