chlorite
French, noun/klɔ.ʁit/
chlorite is a French masculine noun meaning “chlorite (salt of chlorous acid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sel de l’acide chloreux. → voir chlorate et chlorure, etc”.
What does chlorite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechlorite (salt of chlorous acid)
noun
- 1
femininechlorite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sel de l’acide chloreux. → voir chlorate et chlorure, etc.
noun: 1. Minéral incolore à gris verdâtre très répandu dans les roches métamorphiques, sédimentaires ou éruptives altérées. Les chlorites forment une famille de silicates naturels de fer et de magnésium, comprenant notamment la biotite.
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 chlorite
- chlorites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chlorite?
- /klɔ.ʁit/
- \klɔ.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 chlorite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chlorite in French?
chlorite appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).