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pyroxene

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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  • UK: /paɪˈɹɒk.siːn/
  • US: /paɪˈɹɑk.sin/
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  • CMU ARPABET: P AY0 R AA1 K S IY0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.

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: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks

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

From French pyroxène, from pyro- + Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “stranger”).

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պիրոքսեն (pirokʻsen) — mineral
  • Catalan: piroxè — mineral
  • Chinese Cantonese: 輝石 /辉石 — mineral
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輝石 /辉石 (huīshí) — mineral
  • Estonian: pürokseen — mineral
  • Finnish: pyrokseeni — mineral
  • French: pyroxène — mineral
  • German: Pyroxen — mineral
  • Greek: πυρόξενος (pyróxenos) — mineral
  • Hungarian: piroxén — mineral
  • Icelandic: pýroxen — mineral
  • Indonesian: piroksen — mineral
  • Italian: pirosseno — mineral
  • Japanese: 輝石 (kiseki) — mineral
  • Polish: piroksen — mineral
  • Portuguese: piroxena — mineral
  • Portuguese: piroxeno — mineral
  • Portuguese: piroxénio — mineral
  • Portuguese: piroxênio — mineral
  • Romanian: piroxen — mineral
  • Russian: пироксе́н (piroksén) — mineral
  • Serbo-Croatian: пиро̀ксе̄н — mineral
  • Serbo-Croatian: piròksēn — mineral
  • Spanish: piroxeno — mineral
  • Turkish: piroksen — mineral