phosphorite

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

phosphorite

word created by the mineralogist Richard Kirwan in 1794 from the term phosphorus, which is the main constituent of this mineral.

Definition

minéralogie

Plural

phosphorites

Translations

  • germangerman:Phosphorit
  • englishenglish:phosphorite
  • dutchdutch:fosforiet
  • polishpolish:fosforyt
  • portugueseportuguese:fosforite
  • ukrainianukrainian:фосфорити

See also

déphosphorer (v.) phosphoriste (cn.) phosphorisme (cn.) phosphorisation (cn.) phosphorer (v.) phosphore (cn.) phosphoriser (v.) déphosphoration (cn.) phosphite (cn.) phosphoré (adj.) phosphoreux (adj.) phosphorique (adj.)