chondrite
Meaninga grainy stone
Common meaning: a stony meteorite with grains
- chondra grain; cartilageLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 890 · scan
- iteadjective ending (Latin past participle -itus)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek χόνδρος ‘a grain; cartilage’.
Roots
- χόνδρος Greek “a grain; cartilage”
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