marcassite
French, noun/maʁ.ka.sit/
marcassite is spelled M-A-R-C-A-S-S-I-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 170,198th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marcassite is a French feminine noun meaning “marcasite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Minéral composé de sulfure de fer, très courant dans la nature”.
What does marcassite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemarcasite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Minéral composé de sulfure de fer, très courant dans la nature.
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 marcassite
- marcassites plural
- marcasite rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marcassite?
- /maʁ.ka.sit/
- \maʁ.ka.sit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marcassite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marcassite in French?
marcassite appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).