glaucophane
French, noun
glaucophane is spelled G-L-A-U-C-O-P-H-A-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glaucophane is a French feminine noun meaning “glaucophane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce minérale du groupe des silicates sous groupe des inosilicates de la famille des amphiboles sodiques.…”.
What does glaucophane mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce minérale du groupe des silicates sous groupe des inosilicates de la famille des amphiboles sodiques. Sa formule chimique est Na₂(Mg,Fe)₃Al₂Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂.
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 glaucophane
- glaucophanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is glaucophane in French?
glaucophane appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).