πυρίτης
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- (mineralogy) copper pyrites, a mineral which strikes fire
- name of other varieties of uncertain nature
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek πῦρ (fire, lightning).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πῦρ
Gloss
fire, lightning
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
雷
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pyrargyrite English
- pyroballogy English
- pyruvic acid English
- pyro- Latin
- pyropus Latin
- pirico Italian
- Πυριλάμπης Ancient Greek
- βάλλειν Ancient Greek
- πυράγρα Ancient Greek
- πυρία Ancient Greek
- πυρίφλεκτος Ancient Greek
- πυρκαϊά Ancient Greek
- πυρρός Ancient Greek
- πύραυνος Ancient Greek
- πύρινος Ancient Greek
- πῦρ Ancient Greek
- ἄπυρος Ancient Greek
- ἰσόπυρον Ancient Greek
- *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- פירוטכניקה Hebrew (modern)