bauxite
See also: Bauxite
English
editEtymology
editDerived from the name of Les Baux in France, plus + -ite. The /ks/ in the English pronunciation is from a spelling pronunciation.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbauxite (countable and uncountable, plural bauxites)
- The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.
- 2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 152:
- A thin red stream poured down one of the rises, snaking its way around trees; a river turned red with bauxite?
Derived terms
editTranslations
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French
editEtymology
editFrom Les Baux in France.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editbauxite f (uncountable)
Further reading
edit- “bauxite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editNoun
editbauxite f (plural bauxiti)
Derived terms
editPortuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: bau‧xi‧te
Noun
editbauxite f (plural bauxites)
- European Portuguese standard spelling of bauxita.
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