augite

augite

English

Etymology

From Latin augītēs.

Noun

augite (countable and uncountable, plural augites)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt.

Translations

pyroxene mineral

Catalan: augita f Finnish: augiitti French: augite (fr) f German: Augit (de) m Italian: augite f Polish: augit (pl) m Romanian: augit n Spanish: augita f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Augite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “augite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

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French

Noun

augite f (plural augites)

1. (mineralogy) augite

Descendants

• → Romanian: augit

Further reading

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈd͡ʒi.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: au‧gì‧te

Noun

augite f (plural augiti)

1. (mineralogy) augite

Anagrams

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