piemontite

See also: piémontite

English

Etymology

From Piemonte (“Piedmont”) +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːmɒntaɪt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpiməntaɪt/

Noun

piemontite (usually uncountable, plural piemontites)

(mineralogy) A monoclinic sorosilicate mineral of the epidote group, reddish in colour.

Synonyms

piedmontite

Translations

mineral

Chinese:
Mandarin: 紅簾石 / 红帘石 (zh) (hóngliánshí)
Estonian: piemontiit
Finnish: piemontiitti
French: piémontite (fr) f, piedmontite (fr) f
German: Piemontit m
Greek: πιεμοντίτης f (piemontítis)
Italian: piemontite f
Japanese: 紅簾石 (こうれんせき, kōrenseki)
Norwegian: piemontitt
Polish: piemontyt (pl) m
Russian: пьемонти́т (ru) m (pʹjemontít)
Spanish: piemontita f
Swedish: piemontit
Ukrainian: п'ємонтит m (pʺjemontyt)
Vietnamese: piemontit

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Piemontite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“piemontite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
piemontite,piedmontite at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Italian

Etymology

From Piemonte (“Piedmont”) +‎ -ite.

Noun

piemontite f (countable or uncountable, plural piemontiti)

(mineralogy) piemontite, piedmontite