Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

galaxite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: galax-ite
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A brownish-red spinel mineral found in carbonate-rich metamorphosed manganese ore deposits.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Galax + -ite after the town of Galax, Virginia, USA.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Galax

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

galaxites (plural)

Questions

What does galaxite mean?: A brownish-red spinel mineral found in carbonate-rich metamorphosed manganese ore deposits.
Where does galaxite come from?: From Galax + -ite after the town of Galax, Virginia, USA.

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