amphibole
French, noun/ɑ̃.fi.bɔl/
amphibole is spelled A-M-P-H-I-B-O-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amphibole is a French feminine noun meaning “amphibole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “groupe de minéraux silicatés (des inosilicates à double chaîne), à composition variable (souvent riches en…”.
What does amphibole mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineamphibole
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. groupe de minéraux silicatés (des inosilicates à double chaîne), à composition variable (souvent riches en magnésium, fer, calcium et/ou sodium), cristallisant surtout dans le système monoclinique (parfois dans le système orthorhombique), généralement en prismes allongés, caractérisés par un clivage en deux directions formant environ 56° et 124°.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amphibole
- amphiboles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amphibole?
- /ɑ̃.fi.bɔl/
- \ɑ̃.fi.bɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amphibole
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amphibole in French?
amphibole appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).