Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dufrenite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dufren-ite
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A blackish-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of iron.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Dufrénoy + -ite, after the French geologist Pierre Armand Dufrénoy.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Dufrénoy

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

dufrenites (plural)

Questions

What does dufrenite mean?: A blackish-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of iron.
Where does dufrenite come from?: From Dufrénoy + -ite, after the French geologist Pierre Armand Dufrénoy.

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