azurite
/ˈæʒ.əˌɹaɪt/noun
azurite is spelled A-Z-U-R-I-T-E: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, azurite means “A blue vitreous mineral; a basic hydrated copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu²⁺₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂, used since antiquity as a blue pigment or…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of azurite is azurites.
How many letters and syllables are in azurite?
| Letters | 7: A-Z-U-R-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is azurite?
Azurite appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce azurite?
- US /ˈæʒ.əˌɹaɪt/
- US /ˈæʒ.(j)ʊəɹˌaɪt/
- UK /ˈæʒ(j)ʊˌɹaɪt/
Azurite has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Mathmitch7-azurite.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of azurite
- azurites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does azurite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A blue vitreous mineral; a basic hydrated copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu²⁺₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂, used since antiquity as a blue pigment or ores to extract metallic copper.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Azurite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense blue, vitreous mineral:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does azurite come from?
From Persian لاژورد (lâžvard, “blue color”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).