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melinite

/ˈmɛl.ɪ.naɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mel-i-nite
IPA
/ˈmɛl.ɪ.naɪt/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A yellow clay mineral from Bavaria.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An explosive containing picric acid and guncotton.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French mélinite, from Ancient Greek μήλινος (mḗlinos, “quince-yellow”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: mélinite, μήλινος

Usage

Inflected Forms

melinites (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

melinitic

Synonyms

lyddite

Questions

How do you pronounce melinite?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛl.ɪ.naɪt/.
What does melinite mean?
A yellow clay mineral from Bavaria.
Where does melinite come from?
It is traced to French.

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