pyrope

English

Etymology

From Latin pyrōpus, from Ancient Greek πυρωπός (purōpós, “fiery-eyed, fire-colored”), from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”); compare French pyrope.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪɹəʊp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

pyrope (countable and uncountable, plural pyropes)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gemstone.

Translations

mineral

• Catalan: pirop m
• Finnish: pyrooppi (fi)
• French: pyrope (fr) m
• German: Pyrop m
• Hungarian: pirop
• Italian: piropo m
• Japanese: 苦礬柘榴石 (くばんざくろいし, kubanzakuroishi), パイロープ (pairōpu)
• Polish: pirop m
• Russian: пиро́п (ru) m (piróp)
• Spanish: piropo (es) m
• Swedish: pyrop c

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Pyrope”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “pyrope”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

• popery, yopper

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ʁɔp/

Noun

pyrope m (plural pyropes)

1. (mineralogy) pyrope

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

pyrōpe

1. vocative singular of pyrōpus