cérite

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

rite

A term coined by mineralogists Hisinger and Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1803. The name derives from the cerium contained in this mineral, itself inspired by the name of the asteroid Ceres, discovered shortly before.

Definitions

minéraux
zoologie
antiquité

Plural

cérites

Anagrams

écriterécitetiercé

See also