lepidolite
noun
lepidolite is a noun meaning “A pale lilac mica mineral that is a mixed basic fluoride and aluminosilicate of potassium, lithium and aluminium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-E-P-I-D-O-L-I-T-E, and it appears about once in every 50 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of lepidolite is lepidolites.
What does lepidolite mean?
noun
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A pale lilac mica mineral that is a mixed basic fluoride and aluminosilicate of potassium, lithium and aluminium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of lepidolite
- lepidolites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lepidolite?
Lepidolite appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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).
Lepidolite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a mica mineral:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lépidolite |
| German | Lepidolith |
| Portuguese | lepidolita |
| Spanish | lepidolita |
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 lepidolite come from?
From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís) + -lite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).