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fluorite

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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  • US: /ˈflʊɚˌaɪt/
  • US: /ˈflɔɹˌaɪt/
  • CMU ARPABET: F L UH1 R AY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: F L AO1 R AY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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

Examples

  • Near-synonym: calcium fluoride
  • Fluorite is an important natural resource of Thailand.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fluor, fluorspar, calcium fluoride

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mineral, material

2

noun

Meaning 2

a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fluorspar, fluor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mineral

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bhlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bhluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite From fluor + -ite.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: fluorita — mineral
  • Chinese Mandarin: 螢石 /萤石 (yíngshí) — mineral
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氟石 (fúshí) — mineral
  • Danish: fluorit — mineral
  • Danish: flusspat — mineral
  • Estonian: fluoriit — mineral
  • Finnish: fluoriitti — mineral
  • French: fluorite — mineral
  • French: fluorine — mineral
  • Galician: fluorita — mineral
  • German: Fluorit — mineral
  • Hungarian: fluorit — mineral
  • Italian: fluorite — mineral
  • Japanese: 蛍石 (hotaruishi) — mineral
  • Kazakh: флюорит (flüorit) — mineral
  • Kyrgyz: флюорит (flyuorit) — mineral
  • Latin: murra — mineral
  • Polish: fluoryt — mineral
  • Portuguese: fluorita — mineral
  • Romanian: fluorit — mineral
  • Russian: флюори́т (fljuorít) — mineral
  • Spanish: fluorita — mineral
  • Spanish: fluorina — mineral
  • Swedish: fluorit — mineral
  • Swedish: flusspat — mineral
  • Turkish: florit — mineral
Real reading context

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