piemontite

See also: piémontite

English

Etymology

From Piemonte (“Piedmont”) +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːmɒntaɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpiməntaɪt/

Noun

piemontite (usually uncountable, plural piemontites)

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic sorosilicate mineral of the epidote group, reddish in colour.

Synonyms

• piedmontite

Translations

mineral

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅簾石 / 红帘石 (zh) (hóngliánshí)

• Estonian: piemontiit
• Finnish: piemontiitti
• French: piémontite (fr) f, piedmontite (fr) f
• German: Piemontit m
• Greek: πιεμοντίτης f (piemontítis)
• Italian: piemontite f
• Japanese: 紅簾石 (こうれんせき, kōrenseki)
• Norwegian: piemontitt
• Polish: piemontyt (pl) m
• Russian: пьемонти́т (ru) m (pʹjemontít)
• Spanish: piemontita f
• Swedish: piemontit
• Ukrainian: п'ємонтит m (pʺjemontyt)
• Vietnamese: piemontit

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Piemontite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “piemontite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
• piemontite,piedmontite at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Italian

Etymology

From Piemonte (“Piedmont”) +‎ -ite.

Noun

piemontite f (countable or uncountable, plural piemontiti)

1. (mineralogy) piemontite, piedmontite