halite

See also: Halite and halíte

English

Yellow halite crystal

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt”), +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhæl.aɪt/, /ˈheɪ.laɪt/

Noun

halite (countable and uncountable, plural halites)

(mineralogy) Native salt; sodium chloride Na Cl as a mineral; rock salt.
(chemistry) An oxyanion containing a halogen in the +3 oxidation state.

Synonyms

halogenite (for the oxyanion)

Related terms

halitic

Translations

NaCl

Bulgarian: каменна сол f (kamenna sol)
Catalan: halita f
Czech: halit (cs) m
Dutch: steenzout (nl) n, haliet n
Estonian: haliit
Finnish: vuorisuola (fi), haliitti (fi)
German: Halit m
Italian: alite (it) f, salgemma (it) m
Latvian: halīts m
Lithuanian: halitas m
Malayalam: ഹാലൈറ്റ് (hālaiṟṟŭ)
Polish: halit (pl) m
Portuguese: halita f
Russian: гали́т (ru) m (galít), ка́менная соль (ru) f (kámennaja solʹ)
Turkish: kaya tuzu (tr)

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Halite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“halite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

Leitha, aileth, laithe, thelia

French

Noun

halite f (plural halites)

halite

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