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sapphirine

sapphirine noun: a rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour.

Noun

sapphirine (countable and uncountable, plural sapphirines)

  1. A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour.

Adjective

sapphirine (comparative more sapphirine, superlative most sapphirine)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling sapphire

Forms of sapphirine

Noun
pluralsapphirines
Adjective
comparativemore sapphirine
superlativemost sapphirine

Origin of sapphirine

From sapphire + -ine.

Words formed from sapphirine

Phrases with sapphirine

Questions about sapphirine

What does sapphirine mean?
Sapphirine means a rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour.
What part of speech is sapphirine?
Sapphirine can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of sapphirine?
The plural of sapphirine is sapphirines.

Words near sapphirine in the dictionary

  1. sapphirelike
  2. sapphires
  3. sapphirewing
  4. sapphirewings
  5. sapphiric
  6. sapphirine
  7. sapphirine gurnard
  8. sapphirine gurnards
  9. sapphirines
  10. sapphirinid
  11. sapphirinids

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