cassitérite
French, noun\ka.si.te.ʁit\
cassitérite is spelled C-A-S-S-I-T-É-R-I-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cassitérite is a French feminine noun meaning “cassiterite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Minéral oxyde d’étain de formule SnO₂, qui est le principal minerai pour ce métal”.
What does cassitérite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecassiterite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Minéral oxyde d’étain de formule SnO₂, qui est le principal minerai pour ce métal.
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 cassitérite
- cassitérites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cassitérite?
- \ka.si.te.ʁit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cassitérite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cassitérite in French?
cassitérite appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).