Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

troilite

/ˈtɹɔɪlaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: troilite
IPA: /ˈtɹɔɪlaɪt/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A non-magnetic variety of the ferrous sulfide mineral pyrrhotite that occurs in most meteorites

Etymology

From Troili + -ite, after Domenico Troili.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Troili

Inflected Forms

troilites (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce troilite?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹɔɪlaɪt/.
What does troilite mean?: A non-magnetic variety of the ferrous sulfide mineral pyrrhotite that occurs in most meteorites
Where does troilite come from?: From Troili + -ite, after Domenico Troili.

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