moldavite
/ˈmɒldəvʌɪt/noun
moldavite is a noun meaning “A substance formed by meteorite impact, a component of the tektites found across central Europe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-O-L-D-A-V-I-T-E, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of moldavite is moldavites.
What does moldavite mean?
noun
- 1
A substance formed by meteorite impact, a component of the tektites found across central Europe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce moldavite?
- /ˈmɒldəvʌɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of moldavite
- moldavites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is moldavite?
Moldavite appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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).
Moldavite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense substance:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Moldavit |
| Spanish | moldavita |
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 moldavite come from?
From German Moldawit, from Moldau (“Vltava River”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).