diorite
French, noun/djɔ.ʁit/
diorite is spelled D-I-O-R-I-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diorite is a French feminine noun meaning “diorite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Roche plutonique grenue composée de plagioclase, d’amphibole verte (hornblende) et de mica”.
What does diorite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediorite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Roche plutonique grenue composée de plagioclase, d’amphibole verte (hornblende) et de mica.
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 diorite
- diorites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diorite?
- /djɔ.ʁit/
- \djɔ.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 diorite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diorite in French?
diorite appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).