zircone

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziʁ.kɔn/

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Noun

zircone f (plural zircones)

1. zirconia, zirconium dioxide

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zirkonium (“zirconium”), from German Zirkon (“zircon”), both formed in the 1780s from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/d͡zirˈko.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: zir‧có‧ne

Noun

zircone m (plural zirconi)

1. zircon
2. zirconite

Further reading

• zircone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana