Pleochroismus
German, noun[pleokʁoˈɪsmʊs]
Pleochroismus is spelled P-L-E-O-C-H-R-O-I-S-M-U-S (13 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 289,823rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pleochroismus is a German masculine noun meaning “pleochroism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mehrfarbigkeit von Mineralien, in Abhängigkeit der Richtung aus der das Licht auf das Mineral trifft”.
What does Pleochroismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepleochroism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mehrfarbigkeit von Mineralien, in Abhängigkeit der Richtung aus der das Licht auf das Mineral trifft
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Pleochroismus?
- [pleokʁoˈɪsmʊs]
- [pleokʁoˈʔɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pleochroismus in German?
Pleochroismus appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).