jadéite
French, noun\ʒa.de.it\
jadéite is a French feminine noun meaning “jadeite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pyroxène (silicate) de formule NaAlSi₂O₆, cristallisant dans le système monoclinique, constituant l’une des…”.
What does jadéite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejadeite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pyroxène (silicate) de formule NaAlSi₂O₆, cristallisant dans le système monoclinique, constituant l’une des deux gemmes désignées sous le nom de jade, avec la néphrite.
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 jadéite
- jadéites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jadéite?
- \ʒa.de.it\
- [ʒadeit]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jadéite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jadéite in French?
jadéite appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).