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faujasite

/ˈfoːd͡ʒəzaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fau-j-a-site
IPA
/ˈfoːd͡ʒəzaɪt/
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A zeolite mineral consisting of sodalite cages connected through hexagonal prisms.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French faujasite, named after Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819), French geologist, by Alexis Damour, French mineralogist in 1842.

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Inflected Forms

faujasites (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce faujasite?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfoːd͡ʒəzaɪt/.
What does faujasite mean?
A zeolite mineral consisting of sodalite cages connected through hexagonal prisms.
Where does faujasite come from?
It is traced to French.

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