fluorite

名词 n.
/ˈflʊɚˌaɪt/|/ˈflɔɹˌaɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid. countable,uncountable
    — Near-synonym: calcium fluoride

词形变化

fluorites plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti?
Latin fluō
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *-ōs
Proto-Italic *-ōs
Latin -or
Latin fluorbor.
English fluor
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.
Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der.
Latin -ītēsbor.
French -iteder.
English -ite
English fluorite
From fluor + -ite.
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