azurite

See also: Azurite

English

Etymology

From Persian (lâžvard, “blue color”).[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

azurite (plural azurites)

(mineralogy) A blue vitreous mineral; a basic hydrated copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu²⁺₃(C O₃)₂(OH)₂, used since antiquity as a blue pigment or ores to extract metallic copper.

Related terms

Translations

blue, vitreous mineral

Chinese:
Mandarin: 藍銅礦／蓝铜矿 (zh) (lántóngkuàng), 石青 (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

azurite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.zy.ʁit/
Audio (file)

Noun

azurite f (plural azurites)

(mineralogy) azurite

Further reading

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

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