tanzanite
tan·zan·ite/ˈtænzəˌnaɪt/noun
tanzanite is spelled T-A-N-Z-A-N-I-T-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables (tan·zan·ite). It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tanzanite means “A trichroic violet-blue variety of the mineral zoisite mined in Tanzania, used as a gemstone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tanzanite is tanzanites.
How many letters and syllables are in tanzanite?
| Letters | 9: T-A-N-Z-A-N-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: tan·zan·ite |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is tanzanite?
Tanzanite appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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).
How do you pronounce tanzanite?
- UK /ˈtænzənaɪt/
- US /ˈtænzəˌnaɪt/
Tanzanite has 3 syllables, split tan·zan·ite in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tanzanite.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tanzanite
- tanzanites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tanzanite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A trichroic violet-blue variety of the mineral zoisite mined in Tanzania, used as a gemstone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tanzanite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense trichroic violet-blue variety of the mineral zoisite mined in Tanzania:
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 tanzanite come from?
From Tanzania + -ite (suffix forming nouns denoting minerals or rocks), coined by Henry B. Platt, a vice president of the American jeweler Tiffany & Co. when it first marketed the gem in 1968: see the October 3, 1968, quotation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).