Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imogolite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: imogo-lite
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aluminium silicate clay mineral found in soils formed from volcanic ash.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 芋子 (imogo, “brownish-yellow soil derived from volcanic ash”) + -lite.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 芋子

Usage

Inflected Forms

imogolites (plural)

Derived Forms

protoimogolite

Questions

What does imogolite mean?: An aluminium silicate clay mineral found in soils formed from volcanic ash.
Where does imogolite come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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