sphene
/sfiːn/
sphene noun: titanite.
Noun
sphene (countable and uncountable, plural sphenes)
Forms of sphene
| plural | sphenes |
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Origin of sphene
From French sphène, coined by René Just Haüy in 1801, Traité de minéralogie vol. 3 p. 114, after Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”).
Words that rhyme with sphene
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- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
Questions about sphene
- What does sphene mean?
- Sphene means titanite.
- What part of speech is sphene?
- Sphene is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sphene?
- Sphene is pronounced /sfiːn/.
- What is the plural of sphene?
- The plural of sphene is sphenes.
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