Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leuchtenbergite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leucht-en-ber-gite
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variety of clinochlore that contains little or no iron.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From German Leuchtenbergit, equal to Leuchtenberg + -ite. Named after Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817–1852).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Leuchtenbergit

Usage

Inflected Forms

leuchtenbergites (plural)

Questions

What does leuchtenbergite mean?: A variety of clinochlore that contains little or no iron.
Where does leuchtenbergite come from?: It is traced to German.

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