azurite

See also:Azurite

English

Etymology

FromPersianلاژورد(lâžvard,“blue color”).

Pronunciation

• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈæʒ.əˌɹaɪt/,/ˈæʒ.(j)ʊəɹˌaɪt/
• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈæʒ(j)ʊˌɹaɪt/

Noun

azurite(pluralazurites)

1. (mineralogy)A bluevitreousmineral;a basic hydratedcopper carbonate,with the chemical formulaCu²⁺₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂,used since antiquity as a blue pigment or ores to extract metallic copper.

Related terms

• azure
• azurite-malachite

Translations

blue, vitreous mineral

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Lam mỏ đồng／Lam mỏ đồng(zh)(lántóngkuàng),Xanh đá(zh)(shíqīng)

• Esperanto:azurito
• Finnish:atsuriitti
• French:azurite(fr)f
• German:Azurit(de)m
• Greek:αζουρίτης(el)m(azourítis)
• Hungarian:azurit(hu)
• Italian:azzurrite(it)f
• Polish:azuryt(pl)m
• Portuguese:azurita(pt)
• Russian:азури́т(ru)m(azurít)
• Spanish:azurita(es)f

Further reading

• azuriteon Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/a.zy.ʁit/

• Audio:

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Noun

azuritef(pluralazurites)

1. (mineralogy)azurite

Further reading

• “azurite”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.