halloysite
French, noun/a.lɔ.i.zit/
halloysite is spelled H-A-L-L-O-Y-S-I-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halloysite is a French feminine noun meaning “halloysite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce minérale du groupe des silicates, non reconnue officiellement, qui se présente sous l’aspect d’une…”.
What does halloysite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehalloysite
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, non reconnue officiellement, qui se présente sous l’aspect d’une substance compacte, tendre, à cassure conchoïde ou cireuse, d’une couleur blanchâtre ou d’un gris bleuâtre. C’est un silicate d’aluminium hydraté de formule Al₂(Si₂O₅)(OH)₄.
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 halloysite
- halloysites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce halloysite?
- /a.lɔ.i.zit/
- \al.ɔ.i.zit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is halloysite in French?
halloysite appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).