Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pallasite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pal-l-a-site
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stony-iron meteorite embedded with glassy crystals of olivine.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Pallas Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English pallasite From Pallas + -ite.

Inflected Forms

pallasites (plural)

Questions

What does pallasite mean?: A stony-iron meteorite embedded with glassy crystals of olivine.
Where does pallasite come from?: Etymology tree English Pallas Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English pallasite From Pallas + -ite.

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