sphalérite
French, noun\sfa.le.ʁit\
sphalérite is a French feminine noun meaning “sphalerite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Minéral constitué essentiellement de sulfure de zinc, de formule idéale ZnS, cristallisant dans le système…”.
What does sphalérite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesphalerite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Minéral constitué essentiellement de sulfure de zinc, de formule idéale ZnS, cristallisant dans le système cubique, et constituant le principal minerai du zinc.
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 sphalérite
- sphalérites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sphalérite?
- \sfa.le.ʁit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sphalérite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sphalérite in French?
sphalérite appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).