amazonit

See also: Amazonit

Polish

amazonit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓μᾰζών (Ămăzṓn)bor.

Latin Amāzonalbor.

Spanish amazonas

Spanish Amazonas

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀder.

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Polish -ka

Polish -ka

Polish Amazonka

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.

Ancient Greek -ίτης (-ítēs)der.

Polish -it

Polish amazonit

From Amazonka + -it. First attested in 1883.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.maˈzɔ.ɲit/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɲit
• Syllabification: a‧ma‧zo‧nit

Noun

amazonit m inan

1. (mineralogy) amazonite (green tectosilicate mineral, a variety of the potassium feldspar called microcline)

Declension

Declension of amazonit

	singular	plural
nominative	amazonit	amazonity
genitive	amazonitu	amazonitów
dative	amazonitowi	amazonitom
accusative	amazonit	amazonity
instrumental	amazonitem	amazonitami
locative	amazonicie	amazonitach
vocative	amazonicie	amazonity

Related terms

adjectives

• amazoński

nouns

• Amazonia
• amazonka
• Amazonka

Further reading

• “amazonit”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• amazonit in PWN's encyclopedia
• amazonit in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French amazonite.

Noun

amazonit n (plural amazonite)

1. amazonite

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	amazonit	amazonitul	amazonite	amazonitele
genitive-dative	amazonit	amazonitului	amazonite	amazonitelor
vocative	amazonitule		amazonitelor