lignite

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English

Etymology

From Latin lignum (“firewood”) + -ite

Pronunciation

lig·nite

• enPR: lĭgnīt

Noun

lignite (plural lignites)

1. A low-grade, brownish-black coal

   Lignite is the main natural resource of Thailand.

Synonyms

• brown coal

Translations

coal

• Catalan: lignit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 褐煤 (cmn) (hèméi (mainland China) or héméi (Taiwan))

• Dutch: bruinkool (nl) m and f
• Finnish: ruskohiili (fi)
• French: lignite (fr) m
• Georgian: ბურა ნახშირი (ka) (bura naxširi)
• German: Braunkohle (de) m

• Greek: λιγνίτη (el) (ligniti) m
• Irish: gual donn (ga) m
• Italian: lignite (it)
• Japanese: 褐炭 (ja) (かったん, kattan), 亜炭 (ja) (あたん, atan)
• Korean: 갈탄 (ko), 아탄 (ko) (atan)
• Latin: lignitus (la) m
• Polish: węgiel brunatny (pl) m
• Russian: бурый уголь (ru) (búryj úgolʹ) m, лигнит (ru) (lignít) m

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• Spanish: lignito? m