metalliferous

English

Etymology

From metal +‎ -iferous.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs

Adjective

metalliferous (comparative more metalliferous, superlative most metalliferous)

1. (metallurgy) Containing a metallic element. Often used to describe ores that are mined commercially.

   Cassiterite is a metalliferous ore containing tin.

Hyponyms

• aluminiferous
• antimoniferous
• arseniferous
• auriferous
• argentiferous
• chromiferous
• cobaltiferous
• cupriferous
• ferriferous
• germaniferous
• magnesiferous
• manganiferous
• molybdeniferous
• nickeliferous
• niobiferous
• palladiferous
• platiniferous
• plumbiferous
• stanniferous
• tantaliferous
• telluriferous
• titaniferous
• tungsteniferous
• uraniferous
• vanadiferous
• yttriferous
• zirconiferous
• zinciferous

Related terms

• metallic

Translations

containing a metallic element

• French: métallifère (fr)
• Italian: metallifero (it)
• Manx: meainagh
• Polish: kruszcodajny, kruszconośny (pl)