sapphirine

English

Etymology

From sapphire +‎ -ine.

Noun

sapphirine (countable and uncountable, plural sapphirines)

  1. (mineralogy) A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour.

Translations

Adjective

sapphirine (comparative more sapphirine, superlative most sapphirine)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling sapphire

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Adjective

sapphīrine

  1. vocative masculine singular of sapphīrinus
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