pyrite

See also: Pyrite

English

Pyrite

Etymology

Recorded since 1555, from Old French pyrite (12th century), from Latin pȳritēs, from Ancient Greek πυρίτης λίθος (purítēs líthos, “stone of fire, flint”) (so called because it glitters), notably the first part: adjective πυρίτης (purítēs, “of or in fire”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Analyzable as pyr- +‎ -ite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪˌɹaɪt/
• Hyphenation: py‧rite

Noun

pyrite (plural pyrites)

1. (mineralogy) The common mineral iron disulfide (FeS₂), of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system.
2. (usually as a plural: pyrites) Any metallic-looking sulphide, such as the above, which is the most common.
3. (solid state chemistry) (usually as a plural: pyrites) Any metal dichalcogenide that is isostructural to the common mineral.

   Copper diselenide can occur both as a marcasite and a pyrite.

Synonyms

• fool's gold
• iron pyrites

Hyponyms

• iron pyrite
• pyrrhotite

Derived terms

• arsenopyrite
• chalcopyrite
• leucopyrite
• pyritic
• pyritified
• white iron pyrite

 

Related terms

• pyr-
• pyric
• pyro-

Translations

mineral iron disulfide

• Armenian: պիրիտ (hy) (pirit)
• Bulgarian: пирит m (pirit)
• Catalan: pirita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黃鐵礦／黄铁矿 (zh) (huángtiěkuàng)

• Classical Nahuatl: petztli
• Corsican: pirita, pirite f
• Czech: pyrit (cs) m
• Danish: pyrit (da) c, svovlkis c
• Dutch: pyriet (nl) n
• Esperanto: pirito
• Estonian: püriit (et)
• Finnish: pyriitti (fi)
• French: pyrite (fr) f
• Galician: pirita (gl) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Pyrit (de) m
• Greek: πυρίτης (el) m (pyrítis)

  Ancient: πυρίτης m (purítēs)

• Hungarian: pirit (hu)
• Irish: pirít f, iarnphirít f, bréagór m
• Italian: pirite (it) f
• Japanese: 黄鉄鉱 (ja) (ōtekkō)
• Korean: 황철석 (ko) (hwangcheolseok)
• Latin: pyritis f
• Latvian: pirīts m
• Lithuanian: piritas m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svovelkis m

  Nynorsk: svovelkis m

• Occitan: pirita f
• Persian: پیریت (fa) (pyryt)
• Polish: piryt (pl) m
• Portuguese: pirita (pt) f (Brazil), pirite (pt) f (Portugal)
• Romanian: pirită (ro) f
• Russian: пири́т (ru) m (pirít)
• Spanish: pirita (es) f
• Swedish: pyrit c, svavelkis c
• Tagalog: giginto
• Thai: ไพไรต์ (pai-rái)
• Turkish: pirit (tr)
• Uyghur: پىرىت (pirit)
• Uzbek: pirit

See also

• marcasite

Anagrams

• typier

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ʁit/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: py‧rite

Noun

pyrite f (plural pyrites)

1. the metallic mineral pyrite

Hyponyms

• pyrrhotite

Related terms

• pyrique

Further reading

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