Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

migmatite

/ˈmɪɡmətʌɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: migmatite
IPA: /ˈmɪɡmətʌɪt/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any rock of mixed appearance, being an intimate mixture of granite and older rock, specifically from intense metamorphism which partially melts the rock, causing it to recrystallize in a state intermediate between igneous and metamorphic.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"More specifically, many of these rocks are described as migmatites, in which the pink veins seem to blend insensibly into a kind of swirling granite."

Etymology

From Swedish migmatit, from Ancient Greek μίγμα (mígma, “mixture”) + Swedish -it (“-ite”).

Origin

Source language: Swedish

Word Breakdown

Root: migmatit, μίγμα, -it

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈmɪɡmətʌɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

migmatites (plural)

Derived Forms

migmatitic

Questions

How do you pronounce migmatite?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪɡmətʌɪt/.
What does migmatite mean?: Any rock of mixed appearance, being an intimate mixture of granite and older rock, specifically from intense metamorphism which partially melts the rock, causing it to recrystallize in a state intermediate between igneous and metamorphic.
Where does migmatite come from?: It is traced to Swedish.

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