chalcocite
/ˈkæl.kəˌsaɪt/noun
chalcocite is a noun meaning “Cuprous sulfide, Cu₂S, an important ore of copper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-A-L-C-O-C-I-T-E, and it appears about once in every 81 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of chalcocite is chalcocites.
What does chalcocite mean?
noun
- 1
Cuprous sulfide, Cu₂S, an important ore of copper.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce chalcocite?
- /ˈkæl.kəˌsaɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of chalcocite
- chalcocites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chalcocite?
Chalcocite appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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).
Chalcocite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cuprous sulfide:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Chalkosin, Kupferglanz |
| Spanish | calcosina |
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 chalcocite come from?
From Ancient Greek χαλκός (khalkós) + English -ite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).