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sphene

/sfiːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sphene
IPA
/sfiːn/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

titanite

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From French sphène, coined by René Just Haüy in 1801, Traité de minéralogie vol. 3 p. 114, after Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sphène, σφήν

Usage

Inflected Forms

sphenes (plural)

Phrases

sphen- spheno-

Frequently Paired Words

sphen- spheno-

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce sphene?
The recorded pronunciation is /sfiːn/.
What does sphene mean?
titanite
Where does sphene come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce sphene

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