adamite

See also: Adamite

English

Etymology 1

Noun

adamite (plural adamites)

1. A descendant of Adam; a human being.

Etymology 2

Adamite

Named after French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881) in 1866.

Noun

adamite

1. (mineralogy) A zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn₂AsO₄OH.

Derived terms

• cuproadamite
• paradamite

 

Translations

mineral

• Bulgarian: адамит (adamit)
• Estonian: adamiit (et)
• Finnish: adamiitti
• Portuguese: adamita (pt) f

References

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

Anagrams

• aimed at, amidate

French

Etymology

From Adam +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.da.mit/

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Adjective

adamite (plural adamites)

1. adamite, Adamite

Noun

adamite m or f by sense (plural adamites)

1. Adamite

Noun

adamite f (plural adamites)

1. (mineralogy) adamite

Further reading

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