iolite
/ˈaɪəˌlaɪt/noun
iolite is a noun meaning “The clear variety of cordierite, sometimes used as a gem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-O-L-I-T-E, and it appears about once in every 33 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of iolite is iolites.
What does iolite mean?
noun
- 1
The clear variety of cordierite, sometimes used as a gem.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce iolite?
- /ˈaɪəˌlaɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-iolite.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of iolite
- iolites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is iolite?
Iolite appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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).
Where does iolite come from?
From Ancient Greek ἴον (íon, “violet”) + -lite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).