tanzanite
French, noun/tɑ̃.za.nit/
tanzanite is spelled T-A-N-Z-A-N-I-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tanzanite is a French feminine noun meaning “tanzanite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variété bleu à violette de zoïsite. Elle se rencontre souvent sous forme de gemme transparente. Elle a la…”.
What does tanzanite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetanzanite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variété bleu à violette de zoïsite. Elle se rencontre souvent sous forme de gemme transparente. Elle a la même formule chimique que la zoïsite Ca2(Al.OH)Al2(SiO4)3 mais avec des traces de vanadium plus franche.
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 tanzanite
- tanzanites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tanzanite?
- /tɑ̃.za.nit/
- \tɑ̃.za.nit\
- [tɑ̃.za.nit]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tanzanite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tanzanite in French?
tanzanite appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).