sphène

See also: sphene

French

Etymology

Coined by René Just Haüy in 1801, Traité de minéralogie vol. 3 p. 114, after Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sfɛn/

Noun

sphène m (plural sphènes)

1. (mineralogy) sphene

Descendants

• → English: sphene
• → Romanian: sfen

Further reading

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