plagioclase
French, noun\pla.ʒjɔ.klaz\
plagioclase is spelled P-L-A-G-I-O-C-L-A-S-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plagioclase is a French feminine noun meaning “plagioclase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Feldspath (tectosilicate) appartenant à une série de solution solide allant de l’albite (pôle sodique) à…”.
What does plagioclase mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplagioclase
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. À clivage oblique.
noun: 1. Feldspath (tectosilicate) appartenant à une série de solution solide allant de l’albite (pôle sodique) à l’anorthite (pôle calcique), caractérisé notamment par deux clivages presque orthogonaux mais légèrement obliques.
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 plagioclase
- plagioclases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plagioclase?
- \pla.ʒjɔ.klaz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is plagioclase in French?
plagioclase appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).