pyrope

English

Etymology

From Latin pyrōpus (“a kind of red bronze”), from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”); compare French pyrope.

Noun

pyrope (countable and uncountable, plural pyropes)

  1. (mineralogy) A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gemstone.

Translations

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Pyrope”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “pyrope”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

Anagrams

French

Noun

pyrope m (plural pyropes)

  1. (mineralogy) pyrope

Further reading

Latin

Noun

pyrōpe

  1. vocative singular of pyrōpus
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