titanite

English

Titanite

Noun

titanite (countable and uncountable, plural titanites)

1. (mineralogy) A mixed calcium and titanium neosilicate, CaTiSiO₅, once known as sphene.

Translations

mixed calcium and titanium neosilicate

• Catalan: esfèn m, titanita f
• Finnish: titaniitti (fi)
• French: titanite (fr) f
• German: Titanit m
• Hungarian: titanit
• Italian: titanite f
• Portuguese: titanita f
• Romanian: titanit (ro) n, sfen (ro) n
• Spanish: titanita f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Titanite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “titanite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Etymology

From titane (“titanium”) +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

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Noun

titanite f (plural titanites)

1. (mineralogy) titanite

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)

1. (mineralogy) titanite

Further reading

• titanite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• antiteti