sphène

See also: sphene

French

Etymology

Coined by René Just Haüy in 1801, Traité de minéralogie vol. 3 p. 114, after Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sfɛn/

Noun

sphène m (plural sphènes)

(mineralogy) sphene

Descendants

→ English: sphene
→ Romanian: sfen

Further reading

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

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