chlorite
/ˈklɔɹˌaɪt/noun
chlorite is a noun meaning “A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-L-O-R-I-T-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of chlorite is chlorites.
What does chlorite mean?
noun
- 1
A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.
- 2
Any salt of chlorous acid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce chlorite?
- UK /ˈklɔːˌɹʌɪt/
- UK /ˈklɔːˌɹaɪt/
- US /ˈklɔɹˌaɪt/
Chlorite has 2 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)-Flame,_not_lame-chlorite.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chlorite
- chlorites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chlorite?
Chlorite appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st 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).
Chlorite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 chlorite come from?
From Ancient Greek χλωρῖτις (khlōrîtis).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).