Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feldspathoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: feldspathoid
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Resembling a feldspar.

Etymology

From German Feldspath (“feldspar”) + -oid.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Feldspat
Suffix: oid

Usage

Inflected Forms

feldspathoids (plural) foid (alternative)

Derived Forms

feldspathoidal

Frequently Paired Words

feldspathic

Questions

What does feldspathoid mean?: Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.
Where does feldspathoid come from?: It is traced to German.

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