marcassite

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin marchasita et al., from Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʁ.ka.sit/
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Noun

marcassite f (plural marcassites)

marcasite

Further reading

“marcassite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
marcassite on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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