phlogopite
/ˈflɒɡəpaɪt/noun
phlogopite is a noun meaning “A mica mineral with the chemical formula KMg₃AlSi₃O₁₀(F,OH)₂, a basic potassium magnesium aluminosilicate, used as an insulator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-H-L-O-G-O-P-I-T-E and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 78 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of phlogopite is phlogopites.
What does phlogopite mean?
noun
- 1
A mica mineral with the chemical formula KMg₃AlSi₃O₁₀(F,OH)₂, a basic potassium magnesium aluminosilicate, used as an insulator
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce phlogopite?
- /ˈflɒɡəpaɪt/
Phlogopite has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of phlogopite
- phlogopites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is phlogopite?
Phlogopite appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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).
Phlogopite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a mica, the magnesium endmember of biotite:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | phlogopite |
| German | Phlogopit |
| Spanish | flogopita |
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 phlogopite come from?
From German Phlogopit, from Ancient Greek φλογωπός (phlogōpós, “fiery-looking”) + -ite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).