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ophiolite

French, noun\ɔ.fjɔ.lit\

ophiolite is spelled O-P-H-I-O-L-I-T-E (9 letters). Ophiolite is a French feminine noun meaning “ophiolite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Roche basique ou ultrabasique, plus ou moins serpentinisée et métamorphisée, appartenant à une ancienne…”.

What does ophiolite mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineophiolite

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Roche basique ou ultrabasique, plus ou moins serpentinisée et métamorphisée, appartenant à une ancienne lithosphère océanique charriée sur un continent.

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 ophiolite

  • ophiolites plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ophiolite?

  • \ɔ.fjɔ.lit\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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