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bauxite

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈbɔːksaɪt/
  • UK: /ˈbɔːksʌɪt/
  • US: /ˈbɔːksaɪt/
  • US: /ˈbaksaɪt/
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  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B AO1 K S AY0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mineral

History

Etymology

Derived from the name of Les Baux in France, plus + -ite. The /ks/ in the English pronunciation is from a spelling pronunciation.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: բոքսիտ (bokʻsit) — ore
  • Bulgarian: боксит (boksit) — ore
  • Catalan: bauxita — ore
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鋁土礦 /铝土矿 (lǚtǔkuàng) — ore
  • Czech: bauxit — ore
  • Danish: bauxit — ore
  • Dutch: bauxiet — ore
  • Esperanto: baŭksito — ore
  • Estonian: boksiit — ore
  • Finnish: bauksiitti — ore
  • French: bauxite — ore
  • Georgian: ბოქსიტი (boksiṭi) — ore
  • German: Bauxit — ore
  • Greek: βωξίτης (voxítis) — ore
  • Hungarian: bauxit — ore
  • Italian: bauxite — ore
  • Japanese: 鉄礬土 (tetsubando) — ore
  • Japanese: ボーキサイト (bōkisaito) — ore
  • Lithuanian: boksitas — ore
  • Macedonian: бокси́т (boksít) — ore
  • Malay: bauksit — ore
  • Malayalam: ബോക്സൈറ്റ് (bōksaiṟṟŭ) — ore
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bauksitt — ore
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bauxitt — ore
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bauksitt — ore
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bauxitt — ore
  • Polish: boksyt — ore
  • Portuguese: bauxita — ore
  • Portuguese: bauxite — ore
  • Russian: бокси́т (boksít) — ore
  • Serbo-Croatian: boksit — ore
  • Slovak: bauxit — ore
  • Spanish: bauxita — ore
  • Swedish: bauxit — ore
  • Tagalog: bawhita — ore
  • Thai: บ็อกไซต์ (bòksai) — ore
  • Turkish: boksit — ore