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Czech
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”) + Latin pȳritēs, from Ancient Greek πυρίτης λίθος (purítēs líthos, “stone of fire, flint”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: chal‧ko‧py‧rit
Noun
chalkopyrit m inan
- (mineralogy) chalcopyrite
- Synonym: kyz měděný
Declension
Declension of chalkopyrit (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “chalkopyrit”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “chalkopyrit”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “chalkopyrit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)