titanite
English
Noun
titanite (countable and uncountable, plural titanites)
- (mineralogy) A mixed calcium and titanium neosilicate, CaTiSiO5, once known as sphene.
Translations
mixed calcium and titanium neosilicate
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Titanite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “titanite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
French
Etymology
From titane (“titanium”) + -ite.
Pronunciation
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Noun
titanite f (plural titanites)
Descendants
- → Romanian: titanit
Further reading
- “titanite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From titanio (“titanium”) + -ite.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti.taˈni.te/
- Rhymes: -ite
- Hyphenation: ti‧ta‧nì‧te
Noun
titanite f (plural titaniti)
Further reading
- titanite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana