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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpaɪˌɹaɪt/ Forms: pyrites [plural]
Etymology: Recorded since 1555, from Old French pyrite (12th century), from Latin pȳritēs, from Ancient Greek πυρίτης λίθος (purítēs líthos, “stone of fire, flint”) (so called because it glitters), notably the first part: adjective πυρίτης (purítēs, “of or in fire”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Analyzable as pyr- + -ite Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|pyrite}} Old French pyrite, {{der|en|la|pȳritēs}} Latin pȳritēs, {{der|en|grc|πυρίτης λίθος||stone of fire, flint}} Ancient Greek πυρίτης λίθος (purítēs líthos, “stone of fire, flint”), {{m|grc|πυρίτης||of or in fire}} πυρίτης (purítēs, “of or in fire”), {{m|grc|πῦρ||fire}} πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), {{confix|en|pyr|ite}} pyr- + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} pyrite (plural pyrites)
  1. (mineralogy) The common mineral iron disulfide (FeS₂), of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system. Categories (topical): Minerals Translations (mineral iron disulfide): πυρίτης (purítēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), պիրիտ (pirit) (Armenian), пирит (pirit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pirita [feminine] (Catalan), 黃鐵礦 (Chinese Mandarin), 黄铁矿 (huángtiěkuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), petztli (Classical Nahuatl), pirita (Corsican), pirite [feminine] (Corsican), pyrit [masculine] (Czech), pyrit [common-gender] (Danish), svovlkis [common-gender] (Danish), pyriet [neuter] (Dutch), pirito (Esperanto), püriit (Estonian), pyriitti (Finnish), pyrite [feminine] (French), pirita [feminine] (Galician), Pyrit [masculine] (German), πυρίτης (pyrítis) [masculine] (Greek), pirit (Hungarian), pirít [feminine] (Irish), iarnphirít [feminine] (Irish), bréagór [masculine] (Irish), pirite [feminine] (Italian), 黄鉄鉱 (ōtekkō) (Japanese), 황철석 (hwangcheolseok) (Korean), pyritis [feminine] (Latin), pirīts [masculine] (Latvian), piritas [masculine] (Lithuanian), svovelkis [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), svovelkis [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pirita [feminine] (Occitan), پیریت (pyryt) (Persian), piryt [masculine] (Polish), pirita [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), pirite [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), pirită [feminine] (Romanian), пири́т (pirít) [masculine] (Russian), pirita [feminine] (Spanish), pyrit [common-gender] (Swedish), svavelkis [common-gender] (Swedish), giginto (Tagalog), ไพไรต์ (pai-rái) (Thai), pirit (Turkish), پىرىت (pirit) (Uyghur), pirit (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-pyrite-en-noun-SIEoBhoQ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pyr- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pyr-: 26 37 37 Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'mineral iron disulfide': 75 6 18
  2. (usually as a plural: pyrites) Any metallic-looking sulphide, such as the above, which is the most common. Tags: usually
    Sense id: en-pyrite-en-noun-ddSrKZRk Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pyr- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pyr-: 26 37 37
  3. (solid state chemistry) (usually as a plural: pyrites) Any metal dichalcogenide that is isostructural to the common mineral. Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-pyrite-en-noun-~12DIwGD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pyr-, English terms suffixed with -ite Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 29 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pyr-: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ite: 22 30 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fool's gold, iron pyrites Hyponyms: iron pyrite, pyrrhotite Derived forms: arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, leucopyrite, pyritic, pyritified, white iron pyrite Related terms: pyr-, pyric, pyro-, marcasite

Noun [French]

IPA: /pi.ʁit/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-pyrite.wav Forms: pyrites [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} pyrite f (plural pyrites)
  1. the metallic mineral pyrite Tags: feminine Hyponyms: pyrrhotite Related terms: pyrique
    Sense id: en-pyrite-fr-noun-9APTmecN Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Copper diselenide can occur both as a marcasite and a pyrite."
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      "roman": "huángtiěkuàng",
      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "word": "黄铁矿"
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      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "pirít"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "bréagór"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pirite"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "word": "黄鉄鉱"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "word": "황철석"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nn",
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pirita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piryt"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pirită"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pirít",
      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pirita"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "svavelkis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "word": "giginto"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pai-rái",
      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "word": "ไพไรต์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "word": "pirit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "pirit",
      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "word": "پىرىت"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "mineral iron disulfide",
      "word": "pirit"
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