anhydrite

English

Etymology

From an- +‎ hydro- +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

anhydrite (countable and uncountable, plural anhydrites)

(mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

gypsum

Translations

saline evaporite

Afrikaans: anhidriet
Catalan: anhidrita f
Finnish: anhydriitti (fi)
French: anhydrite (fr) m
German: Anhydrit (de) m
Greek: ανυδρίτης (el) m (anydrítis)
Japanese: 硬石膏 (ja) (こうせっこう, kōsekkō)
Portuguese: anidrita f, anidrito m, anidrite f
Spanish: anhidrita f
Tagalog: anidrita

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Anhydrite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“anhydrite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

French

Pronunciation

Audio (France (Somain)): (file)

Noun

anhydrite f (plural anhydrites)

(mineralogy) anhydrite