diopside
French, noun/djɔp.sid/
diopside is spelled D-I-O-P-S-I-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written French, the 239,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diopside is a French masculine noun meaning “diopside” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce minérale appartenant au groupe des silicates, sous-groupe des inosilicates, famille des…”.
What does diopside mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediopside
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce minérale appartenant au groupe des silicates, sous-groupe des inosilicates, famille des clinopyroxènes. Sa formule chimique simplifiée CaMgSi₂O₆ en fait un minéral-modèle, un des pôles purs de la solution solide des clinopyroxènes.
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 diopside
- diopsides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diopside?
- /djɔp.sid/
- \djɔp.sid\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diopside
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diopside in French?
diopside appears about once in every 58 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).