hornblende
French, noun/ɔʁn.blɑ̃d/
hornblende is a French feminine noun meaning “hornblende” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Minéral de la famille des amphiboles calciques”.
What does hornblende mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehornblende
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Minéral de la famille des amphiboles calciques.
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 hornblende
- hornblendes plural
- ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁn.blɛ̃d\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hornblende?
- /ɔʁn.blɑ̃d/
- ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁn.blɛ̃d\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hornblende
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hornblende in French?
hornblende appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).