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azurite

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈæʒ.əˌɹaɪt/
  • US: /ˈæʒ.(j)ʊəɹˌaɪt/
  • UK: /ˈæʒ(j)ʊˌɹaɪt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A blue vitreous mineral; a basic hydrated copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu2+3(CO3)2(OH)2, used since antiquity as a blue pigment or ores to extract metallic copper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chessylite

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: malachite

History

Etymology

From Persian لاژورد (lâžvard, “blue color”).

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: atzurita — blue, vitreous mineral
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藍銅礦 /蓝铜矿 (lántóngkuàng) — blue, vitreous mineral
  • Chinese Mandarin: 石青 (shíqīng) — blue, vitreous mineral
  • Esperanto: azurito — blue, vitreous mineral
  • Finnish: atsuriitti — blue, vitreous mineral
  • French: azurite — blue, vitreous mineral
  • German: Azurit — blue, vitreous mineral
  • Greek: αζουρίτης (azourítis) — blue, vitreous mineral
  • Hungarian: azurit — blue, vitreous mineral
  • Italian: azzurrite — blue, vitreous mineral
  • Polish: azuryt — blue, vitreous mineral
  • Portuguese: azurita — blue, vitreous mineral
  • Russian: азури́т (azurít) — blue, vitreous mineral
  • Spanish: azurita — blue, vitreous mineral