dolomite

See also: Dolomite

English

Dolomite

Etymology

From French dolomite, coined March 1792 by Nicolas de Saussure, named after French mineralogist and engineer Déodat de Dolomieu (1750–1801) who described the stone in 1791 by adding -ite, from place name Dolomieu, Isère.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒl.əˌmaɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊ.ləˌmaɪt/, /ˈdɑl.əˌmaɪt/

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

dolomite (countable and uncountable, plural dolomites)

1. (mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of a mixed calcium and magnesium carbonate, with the chemical formula CaMg(CO₃)₂; it also exists as the rock dolostone.

   Synonym: magnesian limestone

Derived terms

• dolomite rock
• dolomitic
• dolostone
• Dolomites

Translations

mineral

• Catalan: dolomita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白雲石／白云石 (zh) (báiyúnshí), 白雲岩／白云岩 (zh) (báiyúnyán)

• Danish: dolomit (da) c
• Esperanto: dolomito
• Estonian: dolomiit
• Finnish: dolomiitti (fi)
• Galician: dolomita (gl) f
• German: Dolomit m
• Greek: δολομίτης (el) m (dolomítis)
• Italian: dolomite (it) f
• Kazakh: доломит (dolomit)
• Korean: 백운암(白雲岩) (baegunam)
• Kyrgyz: доломит (dolomit)
• Macedonian: доломи́т m (dolomít)
• Malayalam: ഡോളമൈറ്റ് (ḍōḷamaiṟṟŭ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dolomitt m

  Nynorsk: dolomitt m

• Polish: dolomit (pl) m
• Portuguese: dolomita f
• Serbo-Croatian: dolomit (sh) m
• Spanish: dolomita f
• Thai: โดโลไมต์
• Ukrainian: доломі́т m (dolomít)

See also

• Dolomites

Further reading

• dolomite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.lɔ.mit/

• Audio:

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Noun

dolomite f (plural dolomites)

1. dolomite

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.loˈmi.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: do‧lo‧mì‧te

Noun

dolomite f (plural dolomiti)

1. (mineralogy) dolomite

Anagrams

• demolito