Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muscovite

/ˈmʌs.kəˌvaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: mus-covite
IPA: /ˈmʌs.kəˌvaɪt/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.

noun

Archaic

adj

Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.

adj

noun

A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,F)₂; used as an electrical insulator etc.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Do you enjoy the amber glow seen through the isinglass window of a wood stove? […] Muscovite (colorless, white, or pale red or green) mica is also common[…]; it was named for Moskva (Moscow), where much of Europe's mica was mined. Isinglass, mentioned above, consists of thin, transparent sheets of muscovite."

Etymology

1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy”) + -ita.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ite

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈmʌs.kəˌvaɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Muscovites (plural)

Derived Forms

boromuscovite hydromuscovite muscovitic

Questions

How do you pronounce muscovite?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmʌs.kəˌvaɪt/.
What does muscovite mean?: An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.
Where does muscovite come from?: 1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy”) + -ita.

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