English

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Etymology

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From meta- +‎ cinnabarite.

Noun

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metacinnabarite (usually uncountable, plural metacinnabarites)

  1. (mineralogy) sulfide of mercury in a black isometric form

Further reading

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for metacinnabarite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

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Etymology

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From meta- +‎ cinnabarite.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /me.ta.t͡ʃin.na.baˈri.te/
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Hyphenation: me‧ta‧cin‧na‧ba‧rì‧te

Noun

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metacinnabarite f (plural metacinnabariti)

  1. (mineralogy) metacinnabarite
    Synonym: metacinabro

Further reading

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  • metacinnabarite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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