malachite

malachite

English

Malachite (1)

Etymology

From Middle French malachite, from Latin molochītis, from Ancient Greek μολόχη (molókhē, “[leaf of the ... ] mallow plant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæl.əˌkaɪt/

Noun

malachite (countable and uncountable, plural malachites)

1. (mineralogy) A bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂; one of the principal ores of copper.
   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, retrieved 17 May 2013, page 128:

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

2. A mild green colour, like that of the mineral.

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Derived terms

• malachite green
• pseudomalachite

Translations

mineral

Arabic: دَهْنَج‎ m (dahnaj) Armenian: մալախիտ (hy) (malaxit), դահանակ (hy) (dahanak), մոլոշաքար (mološakʿar) Asturian: malaquita f Catalan: malaquita (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 孔雀石 (zh) (kǒngquèshí) Crimean Tatar: baqırtaş, min Czech: malachit m Danish: malakit (da) c Dutch: malachiet (nl) n Egyptian: (wꜣḏ) Esperanto: malakito Estonian: malahhiit Finnish: malakiitti (fi) French: malachite (fr) f Galician: malaquita f German: Malachit (de) m Greek: μαλαχίτης (el) m (malachítis) Ancient: χρυσοκόλλα f (khrusokólla) Hindi: दाना फ़िरंग (dānā firaṅg) Ido: malakito (io) Irish: malaicít f Italian: malachite (it) f Japanese: 孔雀石 (くじゃくせき, kujakuseki), くじゃく石 (くじゃくせき, kujakuseki) Korean: 공작석 (ko) (gongjakseok) Latin: molochītis m, molochītēs m Persian: مالاکیت‎ (fa) (mâlâkit), دهنج‎ (dahnaj) Polish: malachit (pl) m Portuguese: malaquite f (Portugal), malaquita f (Brazil) Romanian: malahit (ro) n Russian: малахи́т (ru) m (malaxít) Spanish: malaquita (es) f Swedish: malakit (sv) c Tagalog: malakita, tansong lungti, tansong lunti Turkmen: ýaşyldaş

colour

Finnish: malakiittivihreä (fi), vuorivihreä German: malachitfarben Polish: malachit (pl) m Swedish: malakitgrön

Adjective

malachite (comparative more malachite, superlative most malachite)

1. Of a colour ranging from olive-taupe to a mild to deeply-rich (at times seemingly translucent) green, like that of the mineral which is present on oxidized copper.

See also

• Appendix:Colors

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.la.ʃit/

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Noun

malachite f (plural malachites)

1. malachite

Further reading

• “malachite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

From Middle French malachite, from Latin molochitis, from Ancient Greek μαλαχή (malakhḗ, “[leaf of the ... ] mallow plant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.laˈki.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: ma‧la‧chì‧te

Noun

malachite f (plural malachiti)

1. (mineralogy) malachite

Anagrams

• talamiche